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title: O.C.G.A. § 23-2-70. Scope of equity jurisdiction over matters of account.
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# O.C.G.A. § 23-2-70. Scope of equity jurisdiction over matters of account.

Equity jurisdiction over matters of account shall extend to:

(1) Mutual accounts growing out of privity of contract;

(2) Cases where accounts are complicated and intricate;

(3) Cases where a discovery or writ of ne exeat is prayed and granted;

(4) Cases where the account is of a trust fund;

(5) Accounts between partners or tenants in common; and

(6) Cases where a multiplicity of actions would render a trial difficult, expensive, and unsatisfactory at law.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3063; Code 1868, § 3075; Code 1873, § 3130; Code 1882, § 3130; Civil Code 1895, § 3989; Civil Code 1910, § 4586; Code 1933, § 37-301.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Some Problems in Providing for Nonjudicial Settlement of the Trustee’s Accounts,’’ see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 417 (1967).