Hearn v. Dekalb County

Hall, Judge.

By an order dated April 23, 1968, the trial court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint as to the defendant DeKalb County upon the ground that it failed to state a claim for relief against this defendant, and allowed the plaintiff thirty days to amend. Once a general demurrer or motion to dismiss, based on the merits of the complaint, is sustained with leave to amend within a specified number of days, and no amendment is offered within this time, the judgment becomes final and the dismissal of the complaint automatically follows as a matter of law. Northside Manor v. Vann,…