Legal Opinion
Modern Homes Construction Co. v. Burke
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 1964No. 22286PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Justice.
Correctly stated in the brief for the plaintiff in error is the question that this court is called upon to decide: “Is the Act of 1962 (Ga. L, 1962, p. 659; Code Ann. § 3-202) in conflict with the provision of the Georgia Constitution (Article VI, Section XIV, Paragraph III; Ga. Code Ann. § 2-4903) reading: ‘Equity cases shall be tried in the county where a defendant resides against whom substantial relief is prayed’?”
Code § 3-202, before being amended'by the Act of 1962, read: “All petitions for equitable relief shall be filed in the county of the residence of one of the…
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