Legal Opinion
Potter v. Potter
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1929No. 19409PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. “Full faitli and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State.” Constitution of U. S., article 4, section 1. It is further provided, by section 5S24 of the Civil Code (1910), that the records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State “shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State -from which they are taken.”
2. But such a foreign judgment does not preclude the defendant from pleading any special matter in avoidance of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Quillian v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Walden v. WaldenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Bass Dry Goods Co. v. Granite City Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Holbert v. AllredCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
- Edwards v. Boyd Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McLendon v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. DobsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938