NEWTON BROTHERS, INC. v. SHANK

32815.

240 Ga. 471 (1978)

241 S.E.2d 231

NEWTON BROTHERS, INC. v. SHANK.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Noell, Bates & Warnes, John S. Noell, Jr., for appellant.

Guy B. Scott, Jr., Wilbur A. Orr, for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether testimony of compromise offers was admissible solely to rebut a counterclaim for abuse of civil process based upon allegations of bad faith.

In 1964, Shank acquired a filling station and wholesale (fuel) distributing agency with Sinclair. This acquisition included a bulk plant serving Wilkes and Lincoln counties and part of Oglethorpe County. In 1973, Newton Brothers, Inc., purchased...

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