Early County v. Fielder & Allen Co.

1. While, by the Political Code, § 343, all contracts made with county authorities on behalf of a county must be in writing and entered on the minutes (Milburn v. Glynn County, 109 Ga. 473; Holliday v. Jackson County, 121 Ga. 310), yet where a suit is brought against a county on an alleged written contract, attached to the petition as an exhibit, and the defendant files no demurrer, but in its answer, though categorically denying each allegation of the petition, admits that “it [the county] entered into a contract with the plaintiff,” substantially of the nature indicated in the petition, for…