Stewart v. Board of Commissioners of Echols County
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
1. The overruling of a demurrer by a defendant to a petition seeking to condemn land does not present a case respecting title to land, so as to vest jurisdiction in the Supreme Court of a bill of exceptions assigning error on such ruling. Compare Drawdy v. Musselwhite, 150 Ga. 723 (105 S. E. 298); Bond v. Reid, 152 Ga. 481 (110 S. E. 281; Grobli v. Foreman, 171 Ga. 712 (156 S. E. 122); Adams v. Bishop, 174 Ga. 262 (162 S. E. 531); Radcliffe v. Jones, 174 Ga. 324 (162 S. E. 679); Jones v. Windham, 176 Ga. 619 (168 S. E. 6).
2. One ground of demurrer was as follows: “‘This…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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