Gates v. Gates

Duckworth, Justice.

1. The provisions of the Code, § 81-1301, that pleadings may he amended “at any stage of the cause,” provided there is enough in the pleadings to amend by, can not he extended to allow an amendment after a judgment has been rendered thereon and has not been reversed or set aside. Southern Mutual Ins. Co. v. Turnley, 100 Ga. 296, 302 (27 S. E. 975) ; Cureton v. Cureton, 120 Ga. 559, 566 (48 S. E. 162) ; Real Estate Bank & Trust Co. v. Baldwin Locomotive Works, 145 Ga. 105 (88 S. E. 584) ; Land Development Cor. v. Union Trust Co., 180 Ga. 785, 791 (180 S. E. 836).

2. Where an…