2022 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 2 - Actions Generally
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 9-2-4. Pursuit of Consistent or Inconsistent Remedies

Universal Citation: GA Code § 9-2-4 (2022)

A plaintiff may pursue any number of consistent or inconsistent remedies against the same person or different persons until he shall obtain a satisfaction from some of them.

History. Civil Code 1895, § 4945; Civil Code 1910, § 5522; Code 1933, § 3-114; Ga. L. 1967, p. 226, § 45.

History of Code section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Equitable Life Ins. Co. v. May, 82 Ga. 646 , 9 S.E. 597 (1889).

Law reviews.

For article discussing origin and validity of Georgia statute concerning election of remedies, see 14 Ga. L. Rev. 239 (1980).

For article, “Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel: New Defenses in Construction Litigation?,” see 21 Ga. St. B.J. 108 (1985).

For annual survey on commercial transportation, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 47 (2021).

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