Legal Opinion

Hancock v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 7, 1958No. 19976PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Head, Justice.

1. In the present case, the caveat was several times amended, and demurred to; some of the grounds of the demurrers were overruled, and others sustained with the right to amend. When a pleading is amended, after being demurred to, questions made by the first demurrer become moot, and when the pleading is again demurred to, and again amended, the second demurrer likewise becomes extinct and nugatory. Code (Ann.) § 81-1001; Holliday v. Pope, 205 Ga. 301, 308 (53 S. E. 2d 350); Hunter v. Ogletree, 212 Ga. 38 (89 S. E. 2d 891). To the redrafted caveat (which recites that it was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Adler v. AdlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  2. Holliday v. PopeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  4. Knox v. KnoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  5. Hunter v. OgletreeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sellers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  2. Ryder v. SchreederSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  3. Adams v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
  4. Neal v. DoverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
  5. United Jewelers, Inc. v. Emanuel Burton Diamond Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1958

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