O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 23-1-11 (2019)

Effect of equal equities; effect of unequal equities

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Where equities are equal, the law shall prevail. If equities are unequal, the superior equity shall prevail. Superior diligence as to time will create such inequality.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3020; Code 1868, § 3032; Code 1873, § 3087; Code 1882, § 3087; Civil Code 1895, § 3927; Civil Code 1910, § 4524; Code 1933, § 37-107.

Annotations

Law reviews. - For note, the voluntary-payment doctrine in Georgia, see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 893 (1982).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Superior equity entitled to relief. - When considering all the facts presented in the case, the equities in favor of lot owners were superior to those of a county, the trial court abused the court’s discretion in ordering equitable relief permitting the county to disconnect water service to the subdivision. Cantrell v. Henry

County, 250 Ga. 822, 301 S.E.2d 870 (1983). Cited in Biddle v. Papa, 180 Ga. 468, 179 S.E. 357 (1935); Rose v. Crane Heating Co., 198 Ga. 295, 31 S.E.2d 717 (1944); Jordan Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 309 F. Supp. 148 (S.D. Ga. 1970).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, § 150.

C.J.S. - 30 C.J.S., Equity, §§ 110, 111.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2004 · leading case: Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assoc., 604 S.E.2d 215 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004).
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Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assoc., 604 S.E.2d 215 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 23-1-11 (“Where equities are equal, the law shall prevail.”
Cantrell v. Henry Cnty., 301 S.E.2d 870 (Ga. 1983). · cites it 2× “With respect to him, the equitable relief granted by the trial court was inappropriate. 2. With respect to the remaining appellants, we believe the relief ordered by the trial court is inappropriate when the equities of each party are considered and balanced against one another.”
Jimerson v. Repub. Land & Inv. Co., 506 S.E.2d 920 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 23-1-11. As Republic had good and perfect title in fee simple to convey at the foreclosure sale and as the *420 final order of the probate court has not been set aside, there exists no valid grounds to set aside the foreclosure.”
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