If, in the progress of any proceeding in equity, the court perceives the necessity for parties to interplead, it may order such interpleader as collateral and ancillary to the main case.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3157; Code 1868, § 3169; Code 1873, § 3236; Code 1882, § 3236; Civil Code 1895, § 4898; Civil Code 1910, § 5473; Code 1933, § 37-1505.)
Law reviews.- For article discussing aspects of third-party practice (impleader) under the Georgia Civil Practice Act, see 4 Ga. St. B.J. 355 (1968).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Goodwin v. Bowers, 169 Ga. 36, 149 S.E. 567 (1929); Adler v. Ormond, 117 Ga. App. 600, 161 S.E.2d 435 (1968); C & S Land, Transp. & Dev. Corp. v. Grubbs, 141 Ga. App. 393, 233 S.E.2d 486 (1977); Stone v. Davis, 242 Ga. 17, 247 S.E.2d 756 (1978).
RESEARCH REFERENCES14C Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Interpleader, § 1 et seq.
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