Legal Opinion
Williams v. Kaylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 16, 1963No. 21844PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Justice.
The declaratory judgments law, contained in the Acts of 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137) and amended by subsequent acts (Ga. L. 1959, pp. 236, 237), is the uniform declaratory judgments act adopted by most of the states of the Union. A provision of the uniform act, and embodied in Code Ann. § 110-1106 (Ga. L. 1945, pp. 137, 138), is: “No declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding involving the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party and shall be entitled to be heard as a party.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Reinman v. City of Little RockSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Pressman v. State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Wichita County v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Adkins Energy, LLC v. Delta-T Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- J. T. M. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Thomas v. Atlanta Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Gardner v. Board of County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Gray v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
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