Legal Opinion

Yon v. City of Atlanta

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 5, 1947No. 15700PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiff in error contends that item 6 in the lease provided for arbitration in the event there was a disagreement between the parties as to the manner of conducting the restaurant. There is nothing in this item that could be construed as an agreement to arbitrate, as it has none of the elements of such a contract and meets none of the legal requirements. Both common law arbitration (Code, § 7-101 et seq.), and statutory arbitration (§ 7-201 et seq.), provide for the submission óf the controversy to third parties; while the item here…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mackenzie v. MinisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. MeltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  3. Johnson v. KahrsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. James v. TarpleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  2. Commercial Mortgage & Finance Corp. v. Greenwich Savings BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  3. Atlanta Realty Co. v. CampionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
  4. Bright v. Stubbs Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  5. Wilkerson v. Chattahoochee Parks, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1979

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