King Cotton, Ltd. v. Powers

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is the duty of the courts to construe and enforce contracts as made, and not to make them for the parties.”
• “It is the duty of the courts to construe and enforce contracts as made, and not to make them for the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Herring v. Dunning
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-10· cited 97×
• McDermott Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Clyde Iron, Amclyde, a Division of Amca International, Inc., and River Don Casting Ltd., Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-01-25· cited 39×
• Gnann v. Woodall
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 10×
• Georgia Pipe Co. v. Lawler
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-26· cited 7×
• In re Estate of Hubert
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-22· cited 7×
• Moore v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-22· cited 4×
• Dziwura v. Broda
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-08· cited 4×
• McDermott, Inc. v. Iron
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-11
• Hay v. Norfolk Southern Railway
  N.D. Georgia· 1994-12-22
• In Re: Estate of Ruth Swann Hubert
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-22

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Ouzts
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-06-15· cited 40×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-08· cited 31×
• King Cotton, Ltd. v. Powers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-03-02· cited 22×
• Redmond v. Blau
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-02-11· cited 19×
• Lynn v. Wagstaff Motor Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-06-16· cited 17×
• Manget v. Carlton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1925-11-17· cited 16×
• Betts v. Hancock
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-05-12· cited 8×
• Macris v. Laughlin Insulation Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-09-08· cited 4×
• Taylor v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-03-13· cited 3×
• Bennett v. Bennett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-01-09· cited 3×
• Mangum v. Mills
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-10-02· cited 3×