Legal Opinion

Bell Finance Co. v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1935No. Nos. 10608, 10737PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Justice.

A partial assignment of an amount owed to the assignor, as distinguished from an assignment of the *569entire debt, vests in the assignee an equitable interest in the entire fund. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Exchange Bank, 100 Ga. 619 (28 S. E. 393); Western & Atlantic Railroad Co. v. Union Investment Co., 128 Ga. 74 (57 S. E. 100); King v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., 135 Ga. 225 (69 S. E. 113, Ann. Cas. 1912A, 672).

If after an employee executes a partial assignment of wages owed to him by his emploj^er, to which the employer has not assented, such assignor without consent of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Rivers v. Wright & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Covington v. RosenbuschSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  4. Bates-Farley Savings Bank v. DismukesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  5. Graham v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1931

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Voris v. LampertCalifornia Supreme Court · 2019
  2. WESI, LLC v. Compass Environmental, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2007
  3. Hall v. Bell Finance Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  4. Atlanta Finance Co. v. FitzgeraldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
  5. Bell Finance Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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