Legal Opinion

Vickery v. Swicord

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1921No. 1888PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Equitable petition. Before Judge Smith.. Campbell superior court. August 26, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.

1. “A judgment overruling a general demurrer to a petition, unless excepted to and reversed, is an adjudication that' the petition sets forth a cause of .action; and the eourt may not by inT direction deprive the plaintiff of the estoppel he is entitled to urge as against the defendant.” Turner v. Willingham, 148 Ga. 274 (2) (96 S. E. 565), and cases cited.

2. The evidence for. the plaintiff tended to sustain the material allegations ' of her petition, and the court erred in granting a nonsuit and dismissing the petition.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Turner v. WillinghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pierpont Mfg. Co. v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Perry v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Story v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  4. Kite v. VickerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  5. Virginia Lumber Corp. v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933

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