Peavy v. General Securities Corp.

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Equity will not enjoin proceedings in a court of law unless there is some intervening equity or other defense of which the party without fault can not avail himself in the suit at law. Code, § 55-103.

2. Courts of law have jurisdiction to entertain equitable defenses where no affirmative equitable relief is sought. House v. Oliver, 123 Ga. 784 (51 S. E. 722); Norton v. Graham, 130 Ga. 391 (60 S. E. 1049); Clower v. Bryan, 175 Ga. 790 (166 S. E. 194); Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Bischoff, 179 Ga. 255 (175 S. E. 560); Haygood v. Improved Order of Samaritans,…