Ellis v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he fact that there is an illegal and champertous contract for the prosecution of an action is no ground for an abatement of such action, nor a defense thereto.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1931-01-16· cited 57×
• Kipperman v. Onex Corp.
  N.D. Georgia· 2009-08-13· cited 39×
• City of Barnesville v. Stafford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1926-01-15· cited 35×
• Tarver v. Deppen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1909-06-24· cited 33×
• Rolleston v. Cherry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-06· cited 30×
• Dunn v. Dunn
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-09-13· cited 21×
• Del Webb Communities, Inc. v. Partington
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-07-20· cited 20×
• Bullock & Co. v. Dunbar
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-02-07· cited 12×
• Clark v. Harrison
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1936-02-19· cited 9×
• Redding v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1915-09-16· cited 8×
• Louther v. Tift
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1917-06-18· cited 6×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wyche v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1852-02-15· cited 36×
• Roe v. Doe ex demise Downing
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1872-07-15· cited 9×