OCMULGEE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION v. Taylor & Son, Inc.

Bell, Presiding Judge.

1. Where the trial judge renders an order sustaining general and special demurrers to a petition and providing that “the petition shall stand dismissed unless the same is amended within [45] . . . days from this date to meet said demurrers,” the petition is automatically dismissed if the plaintiff fails to amend within the time allowed. Clark v. Ganson, 144 Ga. 544 (1) (87 SE 670); Smith v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 181 Ga. 479 (2) (182 SE 603); Howell v. Fulton Bag &c. Mills, 188 Ga. 488, 490 (4 SE2d 181). The provision for automatic dismissal is operative even if the…