{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-2-44","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 9-2-44","heading":"Effect of former recovery; pendency of former action.","body":"(a) A former recovery or the pendency of a former action for the same cause of action between the same parties in the same or any other court having jurisdiction shall be a good cause of abatement. However, if the first action is so defective that no recovery can possibly be had, the pendency of a former action shall not abate the latter.\n(b) Parol evidence shall be admissible to show that a matter apparently covered by the judgment was not passed upon by the court.","path":["TITLE 9 Civil Practice","CHAPTER 2 Actions Generally","Article 3 Abatement"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.09.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"d01adf4cdf911f96c6496335ddcc372463907066af406f68470e5a4e40de8e5d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-2-43","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-9-2-45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}