Legal Opinion

Lankford v. Holton

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 12, 1944No. 14698Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Chief Justice.

“A judgment of a court of competent *220jurisdiction shall be conclusive between the same parties and their privies as to all matters put in issue, or which under the rules of law might have been put in issue in the cause wherein the judgment was rendered, until such judgment shall be reversed or set aside.” Code, § 110-501.

The judgment of April 17, 1943, sustaining the demurrer and striking Mattie L. Lankford as party plaintiff from the petition filed by her and others on February 19, 1943, was binding upon her as to all matters that were put in issue, or that under the rules…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Lankford v. HoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  2. Hurt Building Inc. v. Atlanta Trust Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  3. Durham v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  4. Holton v. LankfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Lankford v. HoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943

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