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TUCKER v. LEA

16939.

206 Ga. 538 (1950)

58 S.E.2d 434

TUCKER v. LEA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 16, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Evans Jr., for plaintiff.

B. Lamar Tillman, for defendants.

ATKINSON, Presiding Justice.

Under Code § 3-601, no suitor may prosecute two actions in the courts at the same time, for the same cause, and against the same party; and if such suits are commenced at different times, the pendency of the former shall be a good defense to the latter. The petition showing that another suit which involved the same subject-matter (Mrs. Tucker's answer in the nature of a cross-petition in Tucker v. American Surety Co. of...

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