Dinsmore v. Holcomb

1. Considered in connection with the allegations of the petition as amended, as to description of the land sought to be recovered, the last amendment substituting the lot No. 697 for the lot No. 696 was not demurrable upon the ground that it added a new cause of action. Powell on Actions for Land, § 115; Venable v. Burton, 118 Ga. 156 (45 S. E. 29); Polhill v. Brown, 84 Ga. 338 (10 S. E. 921).

2. The action being complaint for land, brought in conformity to the pleading act of 1893 (Acts 1893, p. 56), Civil Code (1910), § 5539, and the defendant in his answer having disclaimed title or…