Legal Opinion

Gray v. Georgia Development Enterprises, Inc.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 22, 1962No. 21523PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Candler, Justice.

All persons directly or consequentially interested in the result of litigation should be made parties; either plaintiff or defendant, to proceedings for equitable relief. Code § 37-1004; Flinn v. Flynn, 210 Ga. 280 (79 SE2d 534). The exception here is to a judgment overruling a general demurrer to a petition which seeks to cancel a recorded deed conveying certain lands in Taylor County, on the ground that the grantors had no interest in the lands conveyed thereby when the deed was executed. It appears from the record that the grantors in the deed which the petitioner seeks to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sowell v. SowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  2. Flinn v. FlynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. WattsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  2. Assurance Co. of America v. Southeastern Brick Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  3. Hearn v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  4. Jackson v. WattsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967

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