PEAVY v. GENERAL SECURITIES CORP.

17444.

208 Ga. 82 (1951)

65 S.E.2d 149

PEAVY v. GENERAL SECURITIES CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 15, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney W. Hatcher and Frank G. Wilson, for plaintiff.

Carlton Mobley, H. T. O'Neal Jr., Harry Nottingham, O. L. Long, John B. Harris Jr., and Harris, Harris, Russell & Weaver, for defendants.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. Equity will not enjoin proceedings in a court of law unless there is some intervening equity or other defense of which the party without fault can not avail himself in the suit at law. Code, § 55-103.

2. Courts of law have jurisdiction to entertain equitable defenses where no affirmative equitable relief is sought. House v. Oliver, 123 Ga. 784 (51 S. E. 722); Norton v. Graham, 130 Ga. 391 (60 S...

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