Case Name: First National Bank of Carrollton v. Roberts
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1932-10-13
Citations: 175 Ga. 810
Docket Number: No. 8991
Parties: First National Bank of Carrollton v. Roberts.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 175
Pages: 810–811

Head Matter:
First National Bank of Carrollton v. Roberts.
No. 8991.
October 13, 1932.

Opinion:
Russell, C. J.
1. As a general rule, equity will not enjoin tile proceedings of a court of law, unless there is some intervening equity or other defense of which the party, without fault on his part, can not avail himself at law. Civil Code (1910), § 5492.
2. Any right or cause for relief which may exist in the plaintiff's favor under the facts alleged in the petition in this case may be asserted as effectually by way of defense to the action in the city court as in a suit for equitable relief. The court did not err in sustaining the demurrer and in dismissing the petition. See House v. Oliver, 123 (7a. 784 (51 S. E. 722); Norton v. Graham, 130 Ga. 391, 394 (60 S. E. 1049); Exchange National Bank v. Senderson, 139 Ga. 260, 262 (77 S. E. 36, 51 L. R. A. (N. S.) 549).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, J., absent.
Boykin & Boykin, for plaintiff.
S. Holderness and Beall & Beall, for defendant.