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Ball v. Brunswick Pulp Paper Company

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 8, 1981
248 Ga. 106 (Ga. 1981)

Opinion

37663.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1981.

Cancellation, etc. Liberty Superior Court. Before Judge Harvey.

A. G. Wells, Jr., for appellants.

John M. Gayner III, for appellee.


The appeal is from entry of a judgment sustaining a plea of improper venue.

The executrix and heirs of Carrie Lee Simmons filed this action in Liberty County seeking an order setting aside a timber contract and lease executed by Carrie Lee Simmons to Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company. The lands to which the contract and lease relate lie in Liberty County but the defendant is a resident of Glynn County. The trial court sustained the plea and dismissed the complaint. The executrix and heirs appeal.

1. The action is in equity rather than being an action respecting title to land because the plaintiffs cannot recover on the strength of their own title; rather, they must rely upon the aid of a court of equity to set aside the timber contract and lease. Accordingly, venue lies in Glynn County, the county of residence of the defendant, rather than in Liberty County, the county where the land lies. Graham v. Tallent, 235 Ga. 47, 50 ( 218 S.E.2d 799) (1975); Hawkins v. Pierotti, 232 Ga. 631 ( 208 S.E.2d 452) (1974); Frazier v. Broyles, 145 Ga. 642, 646 ( 89 S.E. 743) (1916); Clayton v. Stetson, 101 Ga. 634, 638 ( 28 S.E. 983) (1897).

2. Neither is the present action maintainable in Liberty County under the provisions of Code Ann. § 22-404 (c) since it is an action to set aside, not to enforce, the subject contracts.

Judgment affirmed. Hill, P. J., Marshall, Clarke, Smith and Gregory, JJ., concur.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1981.


Summaries of

Ball v. Brunswick Pulp Paper Company

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 8, 1981
248 Ga. 106 (Ga. 1981)
Case details for

Ball v. Brunswick Pulp Paper Company

Case Details

Full title:BALL et al. v. BRUNSWICK PULP PAPER COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Sep 8, 1981

Citations

248 Ga. 106 (Ga. 1981)
281 S.E.2d 571

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