RIZK v. JONES

34642.

243 Ga. 545 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 19

RIZK et al. v. JONES et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 17 And April 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Spalding, Charles H. Kirbo, A. Felton Jenkins, Jr., Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, Robert W. Beynart, David K. Whatley, for appellants.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Edward Dorsey, Frank Mays Hull, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the following question: "Where two or more written agreements are executed simultaneously in the course of the same transaction some of which expressly refer to the others, should they be read and construed together for the purpose of determining the respective rights and liabilities of the parties, or are the rights and obligations incurred in each document severable?"

We hold that the documents should...

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