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# O.C.G.A. § 9-2-3. Remedy for every right.

For every right there shall be a remedy; every court having jurisdiction of the one may, if necessary, frame the other.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3174; Code 1868, § 3185; Code 1873, § 3250; Code 1882, § 3250; Civil Code 1895, § 4929; Civil Code 1910, § 5506; Code 1933, § 3-105.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Henson v. Garnto, 88 Ga. App. 320, 76 S.E.2d 636 (1953), regarding recovery by wife under doctrine of respondeat superior for injuries caused by husband, see 5 Mercer L. Rev. 209 (1953).

For comment on Hornbuckle v. Plantation Pipe Line Co., 212 Ga. 504, 93 S.E.2d 727 (1956), recognizing child’s right of action for prenatal injuries suffered prior to viability, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 377 (1957).

For note on defamation in radio and television, see 15 Mercer L. Rev. 450 (1964).

For article discussing the inefficiency of mandamus and impeachment as remedies for judicial inaction, see 5 Ga. St. B.J. 467 (1969).

For note, “Whose Sperm Is It Anyways in the Wild, Wild West of the Fertility Industry?,” see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 847 (2018).