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JEFFREY McELREATH MANUFACTURING CO. v. Hill

91 S.E.2d 337, 212 Ga. 183, 1956 Ga. LEXIS 301
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedFebruary 13, 1956
Docket19222
StatusPublished
Cited by7 cases

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JEFFREY McELREATH MANUFACTURING CO. v. Hill, 91 S.E.2d 337, 212 Ga. 183, 1956 Ga. LEXIS 301 (Ga. 1956).

Opinion

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. A defendant can not decline to litigate in a suit in which he has already been brought into court, by bringing another action, since he is bound to set up all defenses in the first suit, either legal or equitable, whether or not they involve the granting of affirmative relief. Code Ch. 37-9; McCall v. Fry, 120 Ga. 661 (48 S. E. 200); Clay v. Smith, 207 Ga. 610 (63 S. E. 2d 602); Vaughan v. Vaughan, 209 Ga. 730 (75 S. E. 2d 545).

2. The petition here, showing on its face that there was pending at the time it was filed another suit in equity brought by the defendant, seeldng to enjoin the petitioners from trespassing upon the land here in controversy, *184 was subject to general demurrer for the reason stated in the foregoing headnote, and the court erred in overruling the general demurrer.

Submitted January 11, 1956 Decided February 13, 1956. Milton F. Gardner, for plaintiff in error. Wilbur B. Nall, Joseph B. Duke, J. A. Gilmore, Frank W. Bell, contra.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.

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