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O.C.G.A. § 9-11-2 — One form of action | Georgia Code
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TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 11. Civil Practice Act, 9-11-1 through 9-11-133.

ARTICLE 1 SCOPE OF RULES AND FORM OF ACTION

9-11-2. One form of action.

There shall be one form of action, to be known as "civil action."

(Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 2.)

Cross references.

- Definition of "civil action" for purposes of title generally, § 9-2-1.

U.S. Code.

- For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.

Law reviews.

- 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).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

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).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 1 Am. Jur. 2d, Actions, §§ 18, 19. 27A Am. Jur. 2d, Equity, § 4. 32 Am. Jur. 2d, Federal Courts, §§ 17, 19, 20.

C.J.S.

- 1A C.J.S., Actions, §§ 1 et seq., 84. 35A C.J.S., Federal Civil Procedure, §§ 34, 35, 40, 41.

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This Georgia Code resource is curated by Graham Syfert, a personal injury and workers' compensation attorney admitted in Georgia (State Bar of Georgia No. 881027, since 2006) and Florida. Attorney Syfert regularly works with Title 9 in the context of Georgia civil practice and statute of limitations and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida and South Georgia. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.