9-2-45. No abatement for pendency of action in another state.

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The pendency of a prior action in another state shall not abate an action between the same parties for the same cause in this state.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Civil Code 1895, § 3738; Civil Code 1910, § 4332; Code 1933, § 3-602.

History of Section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Chattanooga, R. & C.R.R. v. Jackson, 86 Ga. 676, 13 S.E. 109 (1891).

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