Brazo v. Cox
| Decision Date | 22 September 1983 |
| Docket Number | Nos. 39877,39878,s. 39877 |
| Citation | 251 Ga. 491,307 S.E.2d 474 |
| Parties | BRAZO v. COX. The KRYSTAL COMPANY v. COX. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
John W. Denney, Miller P. Robinson, Kelly, Denney, Pease & Allison, Columbus, for Robert F. Brazo.
Peter G. Williams, Columbus, for Shelva J. Cox in both cases.
Robert C. Martin, Jr., James E. Humes, II, Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for Shelva J. Cox in No. 39877 and for The Krystal Co. in No. 39878.
Miller P. Robinson and John W. Denney, Columbus, for Shelva J. Cox in No. 39878.
W. Lyman Dillon, Gary P. Bunch, amicus curiae.
After plenary consideration of this matter, we find that Division 1 of the opinion of the Court of Appeals and the judgment rendered thereon, Cox v. Brazo et al., 165 Ga.App. 888(1), 303 S.E.2d 71 (1983), are correct and should be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except MARSHALL, P.J. and CLARKE, J., dissent.
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