Legal Opinion

Booker v. Booker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 9, 1961No. 21327PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Candler, Justice.

The exception here is to a judgment sustaining a general demurrer. The primary purpose of this litigation is to set aside a decree which the plaintiff obtained in a court of competent jurisdiction against the defendant for divorce and alimony, and since it affirmatively appears from the allegations of her amended petition that she accepted and retained the property awarded to her as alimony by the decree, she will not be permitted while retaining it to further prosecute her amended petition to set aside the decree which she obtained; and this is especially true in the instant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Coley v. ColeySupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  2. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  3. Fender v. CrosbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  4. Georgia Power Company v. RoperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  5. Merritt v. MerrittSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. J & F Car Care Service, Inc. v. Russell CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. White v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  3. Wilkinson v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  4. Sikes v. SikesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  5. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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