Nalley & Co. v. Moore

1. In a petition for certiorari from a final judgment in the city court of Buford to the superior court of the county, error may be assigned by a defendant on the overruling of a general demurrer to the petition and the denial of a motion to dismiss for alleged failure to show jurisdiction, without the necessity of exceptions pendente lite to such preliminary rulings. Certiorari does not lie until “after the final determination of the case in which the error is alleged to have been committed” (Code-of 1933, § 19-209), even though a previous ruling upon demurrer or motion may involve “the…