Supreme Court of Georgia, 1946

Halliburton v. Collier

Halliburton v. Collier
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 8, 1946 · Head
39 S.E.2d 698; 201 Ga. 340; 1946 Ga. LEXIS 470 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Halliburton v. Collier

Opinion of the Court

Head, Justice.

The judgment in this case was for an abatement in the contract price for the purchase of described realty. It appears that the parties by agreement before trial disposed of the injunctive feature, and that no equitable relief was granted. Held: The judgment rendered was not in a suit “respecting title to land” within the provisions of art. 6, sec. 2, par. 4 of the Constitution of 1945. Such judgment was in a suit essentially an action at law for the recovery of the value of land. Grobli v. Foreman, 171 Ga. 712 (156 S. E. 622) ; Farkas v. Stephens, 181 Ga. 669 (183 S. E. 796) ; Henley v. Colonial Stages, 184 Ga. 445 (191 S. E. 445); Gilbert Hotel v. Black, 192 Ga. 643 (16 S. E. 2d, 435). *341 .It therefore appears that all questions for decision are properly within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals and not the Supreme Court.

No. 15587. October 8, 1946. Lewis & Sell, for plaintiff in error. T. A. Jacobs Jr., and J. J. Gautier, contra.

Transferred to the Court of Appeals.

All the Justices concur.

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