Legal Opinion

Lowery v. Browning

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1956No. 19410PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Head, Justice.

“A general demurrer goes to the whole pleading to which it is addressed, and should be overruled if any part thereof is good in substance.” Pierce v. Harrison, 199 Ga. 197, 198 (3a) (33 S. E. 2d 680); Reardon v. Bland, 206 Ga. 633 (5) (58 S. E. 2d 377). In the present case the motion to dismiss, in the nature of a general demurrer, and the general demurrers were properly overruled if the petition stated a cause of action for any of the relief prayed.

It has been held by this court that a wife who was incompetentj at the time the divorce decree was granted might sue by next friend…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Taylor v. ColleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Morris v. MobleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  4. Lewis v. PattersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Martin v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Collins v. CollinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
  2. Luke v. CrumleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
  3. Strickland v. ChewningSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971

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