Legal Opinion

Lathem v. Hestley

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1999No. S98A1901Published

1Opinion of the Court

514 S.E.2d 440 (1999)

270 Ga. 849

LATHEM

v.

HESTLEY.

No. S98A1901.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 15, 1999.

Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1999.

L. Daniel Butler, Augusta, for J. Stephen Lathem.

Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., Thomas R. Burnside III, Burnside, Wall, Daniel, Ellison & Revell, Augusta, for William A. Hestley.

HINES, Justice.

Lathem appeals from the trial court's order dismissing for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted his petition for the partition of three parcels of land.[1] For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Taking Lathem's allegations as true, as is required when…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Anderson v. FlakeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Dillingham v. Doctors Clinic, P. A.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Alford v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Middlebrooks v. LonasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  5. Christner v. EasonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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