Legal Opinion
Millholland v. Oglesby
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 26, 1966No. 42220PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eberhardt, Judge.
The proceeding to take plaintiff’s •deposition was under the Depositions and Discovery Act of 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 425, et seq.) now found in Code Ann. § 38-2101 et seq. The Act was taken from the Federal Rules •of Civil Procedure and with slight immaterial variations its. sections are substantially identical to corresponding rules. Because of this similarity it is proper that we give consideration and great weight to constructions placed on the Federal Rules by the federal courts. McCallum v. Twiggs County Bank, 172 Ga. 591 (1) (158 SE 302, 74 ALR 932); Burkhalter v.…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Cogen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Fox v. Capital Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Union Tool Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Milholland v. OglesbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Bicknell v. CBT Factors Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Worley v. WorleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Reams v. Composite State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
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