Imperial Hotel Company v. Martin

Head, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) A demurrer to a petition for injunction may be heard and determined by the judge at an interlocutory hearing and before the appearance term. Code, § 81-1002; Wilder v. Thompson, 169 Ga. 812 (151 S. E. 806); Ward v. Parks, 166 Ga. 149 (142 S. E. 690); Meena v. Piedmont Realty Co., 173 Ga. 844 (162 S. E. 144); Hardin v. Baynes, 198 Ga. 683 (32 S. E. 2d, 384).

It is insisted by counsel for the plaintiff in error that in the present proceeding the purpose of the defendant in error was to seek the shelter of equity in order to avoid the necessity…