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Call Now: 904-383-7448There shall be one form of action, to be known as "civil action."
(Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 2.)
- Definition of "civil action" for purposes of title generally, § 9-2-1.
- For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.
- For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981). For annual survey of administrative law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 17 (1986). For article, "The Civil Jurisdiction of State and Magistrate Courts," see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 29 (1987).
This section furnishes a single uniform procedure by which a litigant may present a litigant's claim in an orderly manner to a court empowered to give the litigant whatever relief is appropriate and just; the substantive and remedial principles that applied prior to it are not changed. Burnham v. Lynn, 235 Ga. 207, 219 S.E.2d 111 (1975).
Jurisdictional distinctions between law and equity remain. Burnham v. Lynn, 235 Ga. 207, 219 S.E.2d 111 (1975).
Cited in Adler v. Ormond, 117 Ga. App. 600, 161 S.E.2d 435 (1968); Times-Journal, Inc. v. Jonquil Broadcasting Co., 226 Ga. 673, 177 S.E.2d 64 (1970); Owens v. Cobb County, 230 Ga. 707, 198 S.E.2d 846 (1973); Caito v. State, 130 Ga. App. 831, 204 S.E.2d 765 (1974); Sikes v. Sikes, 233 Ga. 97, 209 S.E.2d 641 (1974); McGarvey v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 243 Ga. 714, 256 S.E.2d 781 (1979); Roe v. Doe, 246 Ga. 138, 268 S.E.2d 901 (1980); McNeal v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc., 249 Ga. 662, 293 S.E.2d 331 (1982); Pack v. Mahan, 294 Ga. 496, 755 S.E.2d 126 (2014).
- 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Actions, §§ 18, 19. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, § 4. 32 Am. Jur. 2d, Federal Courts, §§ 17, 19, 20.
- 1A C.J.S., Actions, §§ 1 et seq., 84. 35A C.J.S., Federal Civil Procedure, §§ 34, 35, 40, 41.
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-03-15
Snippet: supplied; footnote omitted)). See also OCGA §§ 9-11-2 (“There shall be one form of action, to be known
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-03-15
Snippet: supplied; footnote omitted)). See also OCGA §§ 9-11-2 (“There shall be one form of action, to be known
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2014-02-24
Citation: 294 Ga. 496, 755 S.E.2d 126, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 272, 2014 WL 695173, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 112
Snippet: Practice Act provides for “one form of action,” OCGA § 9-11-2, if the petition states a claim for either equitable
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2013-07-01
Citation: 293 Ga. 311, 745 S.E.2d 613, 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 2035, 2013 WL 3287146, 2013 Ga. LEXIS 595
Snippet: under the Civil Practice Act (“CPA”), see OCGA § 9-11-2, but the CPA was enacted in 1966, long after the
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1996-11-04
Citation: 267 Ga. 332, 477 S.E.2d 107, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3893, 1996 Ga. LEXIS 899
Snippet: workers’ compensation immunity statute, OCGA § 34-9-11,2 was to provide statutory tort immunity to insurance
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1992-01-17
Citation: 411 S.E.2d 871, 261 Ga. 822, 19 Fulton County D. Rep. 17, 1992 Ga. LEXIS 26
Snippet: employers for work-related injuries. See OCGA § 34-9-11.[2] Because of this statute, an employer cannot be
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1988-04-07
Citation: 366 S.E.2d 292, 258 Ga. 161, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 103
Snippet: occupy the same local address in Atlanta. 3. OCGA § 9-11-2 provides: "There shall be one form of action, to
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1988-02-25
Citation: 365 S.E.2d 97, 258 Ga. 18, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 142
Snippet: opinion, and offer additional views. 1. OCGA § 9-11-2 provides: “There shall be one form of action, to
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1984-06-19
Citation: 317 S.E.2d 201, 253 Ga. 76, 1984 Ga. LEXIS 806
Snippet: 9-11-81. We now have one form of action, OCGA § 9-11-2, whether legal or equitable, OCGA § 9-11-1. If
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1961-02-09
Citation: 118 S.E.2d 374, 216 Ga. 572, 1961 Ga. LEXIS 282
Snippet: without merit. See Sheffield v. State, 188 Ga. 1 (9), 11 (2 S. E. 2d 657). But, for the reasons stated above
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1913-11-11
Citation: 140 Ga. 787, 1913 Ga. LEXIS 261, 80 S.E. 7
Snippet: 417); Futch v. State, 137 Ga. 75, 80 (72 S. E. 9, 11). 2. Upon the trial of one charged with murder it
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1885-03-17
Citation: 74 Ga. 581, 1885 Ga. LEXIS 364
Snippet: comply, broke the contract. 9 Ga., 133; 49 Id., 9-11; 2 Sutherland on Damages, 212, et seq.; 78 Ill., 222