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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-1-21. Compulsion to litigate.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-1-21. Compulsion to litigate.

Equity will not force persons to litigate in order to have done what they ought to do and are willing to do voluntarily.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 3935; Civil Code 1910, § 4532; Code 1933, § 37-118.

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decisions in Sperry & Niles v. Haslam, 57 Ga. 412 (1876) and Blalock v. Newhill, 78 Ga. 245, 1 S.E. 383 (1887).