Legal Opinion

Hopkins v. City of Atlanta

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 17, 1931No. 7905PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.

P. B. Hopkins filed a petition to recover for damages against the City of Atlanta, W. J. Davis, and E. 0. Kellnm, joint tort-feasors, and to enjoin S. B. Karp and the Atlanta Banking and Savings Company from proceeding with three actions brought by them against Hopkins (the facts which gave rise to the damage having been pleaded as a defense to said actions), and asking that all these actions be consolidated and tried as one case, to avoid a multiplicity of suits, as the same facts would determine the outcome of all said cases.

P. B. Hopkins, a contractor, erected a house on a lot on Glenn…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Scearce v. Mayor of GainesyilleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  2. Gooch v. Georgia Marble Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1921

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Gilson v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  2. Edwards v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
  3. Kuhr Bros., Inc. v. SpahosCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  4. Whiten v. Orr Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  5. Davis v. HopkinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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