Legal Opinion

Mullins v. Autry

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 9, 1946No. 15445PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) "Whenever a person shall be possessed of property or funds, or owe a debt or duty, to which more than one person shall lay claim of such a character as to render it doubtful or dangerous for the holder to act, he may apply to equity to compel the claimants to interplead.” Code, §. 37-1503. “If the holder knows all the'facts, and the questions of law, under repeated decisions of the courts, are not intricate or debatable, such a petition will not lie (Lassiter v. Bank of Dawson, 191 Ga. 208, 11 S. E. 2d, 910); but it is not incumbent upon…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cannon v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  2. Sims v. BoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Knight v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. Lassiter v. Bank of DawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Franklin v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gunby v. HarperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  2. Reed v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  3. Kimbrell v. Lincoln National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961

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