Case Digests

Faulkner v. Hood

Publication Date: 2000-11-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Butterworth, Cornelia, for appellant.
for defendant: . J. Douglas Stewart Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees.
Case Number: A00A1089

Defendant's agreement to purchase pro for plaintiffs at a public sale was unenforceable because the parties never agreed on how much defendant would pay for the pro

Camp v. Eichelkraut

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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Case Number: A00A1746, A00A1747, A00A1748

Defendant did not breach a confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with the plaintiff by cooperating with police and fraud investig

MDC Blackshear LLC v. Littell

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry A. Dillard Dillard & Bower, Waycross, William B. Brown, George H. Myschrall Jr. Heyman & Sizemore LLC and Jacqueline Marcucci, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Kenneth E. Futch, Daniel L. Bennett Jr. and Philip N. Golub, Blackshear, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1268

City's failure to collect taxes on a dirt alley was insufficient as a matter of law to constitute acceptance of the alley for publi

All Angles Constr. & Demolition Inc. v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Hughes Hughes, Rogers & Hofrichter PC, Tucker, for appellant.
for defendant: Amy Jean B. Meyer MARTA, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1543

Contrary to plaintiff's contention, standard custom in the demolition industry did not support its claim for breach of con

Proctor v. Heirs of Susie Jernigan

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Rhyne Jr., Lafayette, for appellant.
for defendant: . Larry B. Hill, Lafayette, for appellees.
Case Number: S00A1459

Actual notice of an adverse possession claim is required only when the claim is based on permissive possession of the pro

Brown v. Estate of Walter Brown Sr.

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Cook Hendrix Law Firm PC, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
for defendant: Mills L. Morrison and Robert A. Lewallen Jr. Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1213

The 76-year-old widow was not bound by her ele to take property under her husband's will because there was no evidence that she knew she was entitled to a year's support when she made the ele

Physician Specialists in Anesthesia PC v. MacNeill

Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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Case Number: A00A1476, A00A1477

Because the parties made no effort to pre-estimate their loss in the event of a breach, the liquidated damages provision of their shareholder's agreement was an unenforceable pe

Chambers v. Green

Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Donovan, Hiram, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert W. Hughes Jr. Hughes & Kaplan, Stone Mountain, for appellee.
Case Number: A00A1589

On defendant's motion for involuntary dismissal, the trial court had authority to decide that plaintiff had not proven essential

Nowlin v. Davis

Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenville Haldi, Roswell, for appellant.
for defendant: Earl A. Davidson Giddens, Davidson & Mitchell, Atlanta, and Regina E. McMillan Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Riverdale, for appellees.
Case Number: A00A0921

Because the seller claimed that the real estate contract had expired and refused to take the buyer's money, the buyer was not required to formally tender the purchase

Nails v. Rebhan

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas H. Pittman, Tifton, for appellant.
for defendant: Curtis Farrar Farrar & Hennesy, Douglas, for appellees.
Case Number: A00A1626