Stout v. Pate

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

A direct bill of exceptions will not lie to a judgment sustaining or striking a plea of res judicata, for the reason that such judgment is not final or otherwise within the meaning of Code (Ann. Supp.) § 6-701 (Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 82; 1946, pp. 726, 730). City of Tallapoosa v. Brock, 143 Ga. 599 (85 S. E. 755); Johnson v. Merchants’ & Farmers’ Bank, 141 Ga. 721 (81 S. E. 873); Harris v. Stowers, 192 Ga. 215 (15 S. E. 2d, 193); Peerless Laundry Co. v. Abraham, 193 Ga. 179 (17 S. E. 2d, 267). The judgment here complained of, in which the plaintiff’s plea of res judicata…