Legal Opinion
Dumas v. Burleigh
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 10, 1952No. 17846PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
On general demurrer the allegations of a petition are to be construed most strongly against the pleader. The demurrer admits only the facts well pleaded, and not the legal conclusions of the pleader. Lee v. City of Atlanta, 197 Ga. 518, 520 (29 S. E. 2d, 774); Whitfield v. Whitfield, 204 Ga. 64 (48 S. E. 2d, 852); Thornton v. Hardin, 205 Ga. 215, 218 (52 S. E. 2d, 841). The petition in this case, construed in its entirety, when stripped of all conclusions of the pleader, 'is insufficient to withstand the general demurrers.
The petition does not allege that the debt was not due…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Williams v. FottchéSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Lee v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Clisby v. City of MacOnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Whitfield v. WhitfieldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Harton v. Federal Land BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
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3Cited by9 opinions
- MILLER GRADING &C. v. Ga. Fed. &C. Assn.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Kantack v. KreuerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- Miller Grading Contractors, Inc. v. Georgia Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Miles v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Ayers v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
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