Legal Opinion
Lyles v. Watson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1940No. 12991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
The ruling stated in the first headnote does not require elaboration.
In Nicholson v. Cook, 76 Ga. 24, it was held: “Where two parties entered into a written contract, whereby one of them was to let the other have fifty acres of land, and was to furnish sufficient stock to cultivate it, and the other was to furnish the labor, and they were to divide the crops, if the former failed to furnish the necessary plow-stock and took charge of the crops, in the absence of any allegation of insolvency, there was an ample remedy at law, and a resort to equity was unnecessary.’’ The same…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gray Lumber Co. v. GaskinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. GunnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Marshall v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Perdue v. CasonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Nicholson v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Board of Ed. of Paulding Co. v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Greene v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Miami Valley Fruit Farm, Inc. v. Southern Orchard Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Jackson v. WattsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Jackson v. WattsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967