Legal Opinion

Marsh v. State Highway Department

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 5, 1960No. 20789PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Justice.

The holding of this court on the former appearance of the case was an adjudication that the petition set forth the right of the plaintiff to some, but not necessarily all, of the relief prayed. Feeny Hay Co. v. Trenton Milling Co., 189 Ga. 109 (1) (5 S. E. 2d 235).

When the original prayers of the petition were stricken by an amendment which substituted prayers for relief other and substantially different from that originally prayed, the question as to whether the petition set forth the right of the plaintiff to relief prayed by the amendment became an open question. Code §…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Rivers v. Cole CorporationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  2. Curtis v. College Park Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  3. Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. v. Friedlander Bros.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  4. McCarthy v. Nixon Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  5. Howard Supply Co. v. BunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Southern Land, Timber & Pulp Corp. v. Davis & Floyd Engineers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  2. Vintage Enterprises, Inc. v. Guerdon Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1973
  3. Southern Land, Timber & Pulp Corp. v. Davis & Floyd Engineers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964

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