O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 23-4-2 (2019)

How extraordinary remedies claimed

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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A claim for extraordinary relief or remedy to aid an action or defense may be asserted either by original pleading or by amendment.

History

Ga. L. 1887, p. 64, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 4839; Civil Code 1910, § 5412; Code 1933, § 37-907.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Purpose of section. - The purpose of this section is to vest in the superior court authority to settle in one suit a controversy between parties. Clay v. Smith, 207 Ga. 610, 63 S.E.2d 602 (1951). A defendant who fails to set up a legal or equitable defense is bound thereby and cannot afterwards bring an equitable petition to enjoin his adversary. McCall v. Fry, 120 Ga. 661, 48 S.E. 200 (1904); Graham v. Graham, 137 Ga. 668, 74 S.E. 426 (1912); Liberty Lumber Co. v. Enecks, 23 Ga. App. 311, 98 S.E. 97 (1919). Cited in Biddle v. Papa, 180 Ga. 468, 179 S.E. 357 (1935); Hamilton v. First Nat’l Bank, 180 Ga. 820, 180 S.E. 840

(1935); Tanner v. Wilson, 183 Ga. App. 53, 187 S.E. 625 (1936); Winn v. Armour & Co., 184 Ga. 769, 193 S.E. 447 (1937); Harrell v. Parker, 186 Ga. 760, 198 S.E. 776 (1938); Hicks v. Atlanta Trust Co., 187 Ga. 314, 200 S.E. 301 (1938); Pardue Medicine Co. v. Pardue, 194 Ga. 516, 22 S.E.2d 143 (1942); Cohen v. Cohen, 200 Ga. 33, 35 S.E.2d 908 (1945); Hoxie v. Americus Auto. Co., 73 Ga. App. 686, 37 S.E.2d 808 (1946); Parnell v. Wooten, 202 Ga. 443, 43 S.E.2d 673 (1947); Georgia Power Co. v. Mayor of Athens, 206 Ga. 513, 57 S.E.2d 573 (1950); Echols v. Thompson, 210 Ga. 37, 77 S.E.2d 521 (1953); Brown v. Granite Holding Corp., 221 Ga. 560, 146 S.E.2d 289 (1965).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - By whom writ of assistance issued, 21 A.L.R. 358.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1987–1994 · leading case: Baldwin v. Roberts, 442 S.E.2d 272 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994).

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Baldwin v. Roberts, 442 S.E.2d 272 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “Code § 23-4-2 (b) (1985). I concur with the disposition of the employee's fraud claim in Division 2 of the majority opinion.”

Pappas v. Hill-Staton Engineers, Inc., 358 S.E.2d 625 (Ga. Ct. App. 1987). “Code § 23-4-2 (b) (1966); Wash. Rev. Code § 51.”

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