Brewer v. Williams

Hawkins, Justice.

1. While it is a well-settled general rule that claims arising ex contractu can not be set off against claims arising ex delicto, except upon equitable grounds, such as insolvency or non-residence (Code § 3-113; Hecht v. Snook & Austin Furniture Co., 114 Ga. 921, 41 S. E. 74; Standhardt v. Hardin, 145 Ga. 147, 88 S. E. 565; Strickland v. Bank of Cartersville, 141 Ga. 565, 81 S. E. 886; Aetna Insurance Co. v. Lunsford, 179 Ga. 716, 177 S. E. 727), the plaintiff’s petition in the instant case, seeking to enjoin the defendant from the commission of an alleged threatened tort in…