Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Edwards

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 13, 1917No. 292PublishedCited by 8 opinions

■; Equitable petition. Before Judge Worrill. Terrell superior court. March 3, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.

Indefiniteness in pleadings should, as a rule, be raised by • "special demurrer; yet a petition which is too vague and indefinite to r support- a recovery may properly be dismissed on general demurrer. Clark v. Gay, 112 Ga. 777 (38 S. E. 81) ; Garrett v. Hitchcock, 77 Ga. 427; Brooks v. Turner, 62 Ga. 164. Applying the foregoing, the peti- - tion as amended was properly dismissed.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clark v. GaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. Garrett v. HitchcockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  3. Brooks v. TurnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Citizens & Southern Bank v. Union Warehouse & Compress Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1924
  2. Patten v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  3. Saliba v. SalibaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  4. J. C. Pirkle MacHinery Co. v. LesterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  5. Jenkins v. Dunlop Tire & Rubber Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1944

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