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HEARD v. MELIN

39889.

107 Ga. App. 772 (1963)

131 S.E.2d 131

HEARD v. MELIN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cumming & Cumming, Joseph R. Cumming, for plaintiff in error.

Beck, Goddard, Owen & Smalley, Robert H. Smalley, Tom E. Lewis, contra.

FRANKUM, Judge.

1. Generally a cause of action ex delicto cannot be set off against an action ex contractu, and vice versa. Hecht v. Snook & Austin Furniture Co., 114 Ga. 921 (41 SE 74); Ragan v. Standard Scale Co., 123 Ga. 14 (50 SE 951); Bibb Basket Co. v. Eufaula Bank &c. Co., 42 Ga.App. 394 (156 SE 310); Collins v. Garret, 50 Ga.App. 203 (177 SE 275). The only exception to this rule is where equitable principles such as insolvency...

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