Flinn v. Flynn

Candler, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. It is a well-settled rule that all persons who are 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; Wyche v. Green, 32 Ga. 341; Blaisdell v. Bohr, 68 Ga. 56; Henderson v. Napier, 107 Ga. 342 (33 S. E. 433); Bond v. Hunt, 135 Ga. 733 (1) (70 S. E. 572); First National Bank of Sparta v. Wiley, 150 Ga. 759 (2) (105 S. E. 308). A petition for equitable relief which fails to name essential and indispensable parties,…