Legal Opinion
Trice v. Wilson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1966No. 41798PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Judge.
This is a case of first impression in this State and we have found but two cases from other jurisdictions in point. In Pickwick v. McCauliff, 193 Mass. 70 (78 NE 730), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in a 1906 decision held that the principle of law that the release of one joint tortfeasor operates as a bar to recovery against other joint tortfeasors has no application in a case such as this since the Commonwealth or State was not legally answerable in tort to the plaintiff under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The court in that case stated that, “What was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lovejoy v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Roberts v. BarwickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Donaldson v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. OuztsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Pickwick v. McCauliffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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3Cited by15 opinions
- CINCINNATI, NO &C. R. CO. v. HilleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Azizi v. Board of Regents of the University SystemCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Loyola Federal Savings Bank v. FicklingCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Weaver v. RossCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- Foster v. CrowderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
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