Legal Opinion

Douglas-Guardian Warehouse Corp. v. Todd

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 14, 1957No. 19512PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The test of a case as made by writ of error to the Supreme Court as to whether it is one in equity, and hence reviewable by the Supreme Court (Code, Ann., § 2-3704), is not what it might have been at any given time during its pendency in the trial court, but what remained in it and is brought here for review. Matters eliminated either by the parties or by order of the trial court constitute no part of the case in the Supreme Court. Cochran v. Stephens, 155 Ga. 134 (116 S. E. 303); Coats v. Casey, 162 Ga. 236 (133 S. E. 237); Benton v. Benton, 164 Ga. 541, 543 (139 S.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Coats v. CaseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  2. Gilbert Hotel No. 22 Inc. v. BlackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Gormley v. SlicerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  4. Cochran v. StephensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  5. Benton v. BentonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Beauchamp v. KnightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. Taylor v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  3. Lorenz v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  4. Mendenhall v. KingloffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
  5. Matuszczak v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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