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Hawkins v. Pierotti

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 3, 1974
232 Ga. 631 (Ga. 1974)

Opinion

28843.

SUBMITTED MAY 1, 1974.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1974.

Cancellation; plea to jurisdiction. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge McKenzie.

Hugh G. Head, Jr., for appellant.

Sam G. Dettelbach, for appellees.


An action by a grantor to cancel a deed conveying land, which she alleges was obtained from her by the grantees by fraud and coercion, is not a suit respecting the title to land within the meaning of the Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. XIV, Par. II (Code Ann. § 2-4902), but is an equitable action, and must be brought in the county of the residence of the defendants, as required by the Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. XIV, Par. III (Code Ann. § 2-4903). Saffold v. Scottish-American Mortg. Co., 98 Ga. 785, 787 ( 27 S.E. 208); Frazier v. Broyles, 145 Ga. 642 ( 89 S.E. 743); Chosewood v. Jones, 146 Ga. 804 ( 92 S.E. 646). The trial judge did not err, therefore, in sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction of the defendants, residents of DeKalb County, in this equitable action filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County.

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.


SUBMITTED MAY 1, 1974 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1974.


Summaries of

Hawkins v. Pierotti

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 3, 1974
232 Ga. 631 (Ga. 1974)
Case details for

Hawkins v. Pierotti

Case Details

Full title:HAWKINS v. PIEROTTI et al

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Sep 3, 1974

Citations

232 Ga. 631 (Ga. 1974)
208 S.E.2d 452

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