PORTER v. HOUGHTON

No. S00A1892.

542 S.E.2d 491 (2001)

273 Ga. 407

PORTER et al. v. HOUGHTON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, Oliver R. Hunter, Albany, for appellant.

Harper & Barnes, John V. Harper, Americus, for appellee.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Herman Houghton brought a declaratory action against his late wife's siblings seeking to establish that the siblings had no interest in lands Houghton claimed were owned by his wife at her death. However, we conclude that declaratory judgment was not available to establish his claim, and we reverse.

A declaratory judgment is not the proper action to decide all justiciable controversies...

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