Legal Opinion

Grant v. Hart

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 15, 1941No. 13643PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1. Under the uniform-procedure act of 1887 (Code, § 37-901), permitting both legal and equitable rights and remedies to be adjusted in a single superior-court suit, a petition seeking both legal relief and ordinary relief in equity is not subject to general demurrer on the ground only that the plaintiff has a complete and adequate remedy at law. Sullivan v. Ginsberg, 180 Ga. 840, 847 (181 S.E. 163); DeLacy v. Hurst, 83 Ga. 223 (4-6) (9 S.E. 1052). If a petition sounding in equity sets forth a cause of action at law, it will not be dismissed for a lack of equity. If the suit is good at law, it…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Burress v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  2. Citizens & Southern National Bank v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  3. DeLacy v. Hurst, Purnell & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  4. Jenkins v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  5. Wallace v. MizeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Cook v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  3. Peoples Loan Company v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  4. Jones v. SpindelCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  5. Peoples Loan Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945

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