Lee v. Lee

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that equitable remedies such as injunctions “are beyond the scope” of a probate court and may only be sought in superior court
• noting that under Georgia law “a constructive trust may be imposed where property has been acquired by fraud, or where, though not acquired by fraud it is against equity that it should be retained by the person who holds it.”
• “[A] constructive trust may be imposed where property has been acquired by fraud, or where, though not acquired by fraud it is against equity that it should be retained by the person who holds it‘.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• St. Paul Mercury Insurance v. Meeks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-09· cited 81×
• Amusement Industry, Inc. v. Stern
  S.D. New York· 2010-03-01· cited 32×
• Benefield v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-27· cited 23×
• Durham v. Durham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 19×
• Reeves v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-07· cited 15×
• United States v. Ramunno
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-03-17· cited 14×
• Eason v. Farmer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-10-18· cited 13×
• Ragsdale v. South Fulton MacHine Works, Inc. (In Re Whitacre Sunbelt, Inc.)
  N.D. Georgia· 1997-06-02· cited 11×
• Professional Energy Management, Inc. v. Necaise
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-25· cited 10×
• Atlanta Classic Cars, Inc. v. Chih Hung USA Auto Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-28· cited 8×
• Fernandez v. Bank of Dahlonega
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-06-13· cited 7×
• McBride v. Life Ins. Co. of Virginia
  M.D. Georgia· 2002-02-27· cited 7×
• Hampton Ridge Homeowners Ass'n v. Marett Properties, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-09-11· cited 6×
• Pettigrew v. Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. (In Re Amarlite Architectural Products, Inc.)
  N.D. Georgia· 1995-03-01· cited 4×
• Braswell v. Benton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21· cited 3×
• Jimerson v. Republic Land & Investment Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-17· cited 2×
• Suzanne Giller v. Robert Slosberg
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-04-30
• Carin Braswell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd Hughes Braswell v. Beth Benton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21
• In Re: Frank Anthony Bruni, Sr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-10-17

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aetna Life Insurance v. Weekes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-04· cited 15×
• Freeman v. Saxton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-05· cited 14×
• Jones v. Head
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1938-02-19· cited 5×
• Gill v. Gill
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1955-05-09· cited 1×