Title: Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. v. Turner
Citation: 208 Ga. 782, 69 S.E.2d 771
Docket Number: 17764
State: Georgia
Issuer: Georgia Supreme Court
Date: March 10, 1952

208 Ga. 782 (1952) 69 S.E.2d 771 GEORGIA CASUALTY &amp; SURETY CO. v. TURNER et al. 17764. Supreme Court of Georgia. Argued February 11, 1952. Decided March 10, 1952. Martin, Snow &amp; Grant, for plaintiff. Miller, Miller &amp; Miller, for defendants. HEAD, Justice. 2. An allegation that the "petitioner . . has no adequate remedy at law," and an allegation by amendment that an adjudication as to the legal rights of the parties under an "exclusion" provision in a policy of insurance will prevent a multiplicity of suits, must be construed in connection with the facts alleged, and the prayers of the petition, in determining the nature of the action. Legal questions are not changed in character by the Declaratory Judgments Act, or by allegations which might be germane in an action for equitable relief. In the present case, a declaratory judgment construing an "exclusion" provision in a policy of insurance, and the respective legal rights of the parties thereunder, is the only substantial relief prayed. The legal relief sought is, on review, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals, and not this court. Constitution, Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. IV, (Code, Ann., § 2-3704). Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur.