Walker v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

Duckworth, Justice.

“It is not the right of a stranger to a pending cause to intervene therein, unless it is necessary to his protection that he be allowed to become a party to the litigation and thus afforded an opportunity to resist the rendition of a judgment which would operate to his prejudice.” Clarke v. Wheatley, 113 Ga. 1074 (39 S. E. 437). See Davis v. Warde, 155 Ga. 748 (118 S. E. 378); Clark v. Harrison, 182 Ga. 56 (3) (184 S. E. 620). In Potts v. Wilson, 158 Ga. 316 (2-a) (123 S. E. 294), it was ruled: “The general rule at common law is that persons who are not parties to a suit…