Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Brantley

To entitle the defendant to the substantive and valuable right of opening and concluding the argument in a case, he must, before the introduction of any evidence, clearly and unequivocally in his written plea admit such a prima facie case in favor of the plaintiff as will entitle the latter to recover without the introduction of any evidence whatsoever. The admission, must be unequivocal and not merely inferential. Crankshaw v. Schweizer Mfg. Co., 1 Ga. App. 363 (58 S. E. 222); Wall v. Wall, 15 Ga. App. 156 (82 S. E. 791); Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Morgan, 110 Ga. 168 (35 S. E. 345);…