Legal Opinion
Cutliffe v. Pryse
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 16, 1938No. 12379PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
1. “If a plaintiff shall be non-suited, or shall discontinue or dismiss his case, and shall recommence within six months, such renewed case shall stand upon the same footing, as to limitation, with the original case; but this privilege of dismissal and renewal shall be exercised only once under this section.” Code, § 3-808. This does not apply to void suits. Williamson v. Wardlaw, 46 Ga. 126; Edwards v. Ross, 58 Ga. 147 (3); Hamilton v. Phenix Insurance Co., 111 Ga. 875 (36 S. E. 960); Hill v. State, 115 Ga. 833 (43 S. E. 386); Taylor v. State, 160 Ga. 331 (137 S.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Cox v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Stallings v. StallingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- McClendon & Co. v. Hernando Phosphate Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- McFarland v. McFarlandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Chance v. Planters Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- Patterson v. Douglas Women's Center, PCSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Fowler v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. ReidSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Hornsby v. HancockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
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