Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Neidlinger
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 10, 1954No. 18546PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, Justice.
1. “The superior court in equitable proceedings may compel either party to discover facts within his knowledge, beneficial to the other party and material to his case; and this either upon a petition for discovery and relief, or for discovery alone, ancillary to some other civil proceedings.” Code § 38-1101. See also Coca-Cola Co. v. City of Atlanta, 152 Ga. 558 (110 S. E. 730, 23 A. L. R. 1339).
2. “To maintain a petition for discovery, the petition should show that the facts sought to be discovered of the respondents can legitimately be used in a suit pending, or in one…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McLaren v. SteappSupreme Court of Georgia · 1846
- Coca-Cola Co. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Fields v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Collier v. Mayflower Apartments Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Babb v. McKinnonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Peacock v. Retail Credit CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1969
- Rush v. AutrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Motors Insurance Corp. v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Neloms v. MathisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Screven Oil Mill v. HudmonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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