Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Pritchett

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. The plaintiff in an equitable petition will never be granted any relief unless there is a prayer asking for the specific relief sought, or unless there is a proper prayer for general relief, and the nature of the case is such that, under the prayer for general relief, some character of relief may be granted which is consistent with the case made by the petition and with the specific prayers *53therein. Copeland v. Cheney, 116 Ga. 685 (43 SE 59); Burton v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 117 Ga. 899, 900 (2) (172 SE 41). The prayers in the original affidavit of illegality…