Saliba v. Saliba

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

This court has repeatedly ruled that the defect of duplicity in pleadings can be taken advantage of only by special demurrer. Johnson v. Edwards, 147 Ga. 438 (94 S. E. 554); Waldrup v. Central of Ga. Ry. Co., 127 Ga. 359 (56 S. E. 439); Citizens & Southern Bank v. Union Warehouse Co., 157 Ga. 434, 456 (122 S. E. 327); Elrod v. Anchor Duck Mills, 50 Ga. App. 531, 534 (179 S. E. 188). The special demurrer in the instant case complains ■ both that the petition is duplicitous, and that the two inconsistent allegations are set forth only in the alternative. While this…