BRANTLEY CO. v. BRISCOE

36452.

246 Ga. 310 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 356

BRANTLEY COMPANY et al. v. BRISCOE et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Kent, for appellants.

Leon A. Wilson, II, Francis Houston, for appellees.


CLARKE, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether a covenant not to sue executed by a party to an earlier suit bars a subsequent action when neither the parties nor the subject matter is the same. We conclude that it does not and that the granting of a directed verdict must be reversed.

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