Georgia Code
Article 4 - Accounting of Contribution; Apportionment; Setoff
§ 23-2-71. Entitlement to Contribution; When Equity Has Jurisdiction

In cases of joint, joint and several, or several liabilities of two or more persons, where all are equally bound to bear the common burden and one has paid more than his share, he shall be entitled to contribution from the others; and whenever the circumstances are such that an action at law will not give a complete remedy, equity may entertain jurisdiction.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 3065; Code 1868, § 3077; Code 1873, § 3132; Code 1882, § 3132; Civil Code 1895, § 3991; Civil Code 1910, § 4588; Code 1933, § 37-303.
Cross references.
Right to contribution among joint trespassers, § 51-12-32.
Law reviews.
For note, “Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors,” see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 553 (1978).

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