Powell v. Blackstock

In a tort action the failure of the pleader, when praying that process issue and that the defendant be and appear to answer the petitioner’s complaint, to pray, verbatim et literatum, that "judgment be given” in a stipulated sum or sums, will not for that reason defeat the cause of action or render the court impotent to give judgment in the event of recovery. For .authority inferentially for this rule, see Pitts & Son Co. v. Bank of Shiloh, 20 Ga. App. 143 (2) (92 S. E. 775). Where the verdict may be returned in a single sum, though it be the aggregate of several items specified, judgment…