Legal Opinion
Patterson-Pope Motor Co. v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 18, 1941No. 29030PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1. "Conspiracy is the combination of two or more persons to do (a) something that is unlawful, oppressive, or immoral; or (b) something that is not unlawful, oppressive, or immoral, by unlawful, oppressive, or immoral means; (c) something that is unlawful, oppressive, or immoral, by unlawful, oppressive, or immoral means." Brown Allen v. Jacobs' Pharmacy Co., 115 Ga. 429, 433 (41 S.E. 553, 57 L.R.A. 547, 90 Am. St. R. 126).
2. In civil actions a conspiracy alone will not support a cause of action. Pursuant to the conspiracy there must be acts or means by which the scheme conceived in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Woodruff v. HughesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Brown & Allen v. Jacobs' Pharmacy Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Reeves v. Williams & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Wall v. Seaboard Air-Line RailwayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Reeves v. MaynardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Scoggins v. PuckettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- Fellton v. Orkin Exterminating Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Fred Hannah and Mary Grace Hannah v. M. E. Belger, Individually, and M. E. Belger, D/B/A the Exchange Bank, and James L. Moore, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971