Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Ayers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 12, 1928No. 6213PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
If a petition is dismissed on general demurrer which extends to the merits of the ease by charging that the petition fails to allege a cause of action, the judgment of dismissal, unexcepted to, will be conclusive between the parties in a subsequent suit based on the same cause of action. Civil Code (1910), § 4338; Dodson v. Southern Railway Co., 137 Ga. 583 (73 S. E. 834); Fain v. Hughes, 108 Ga. 537 (33 S. E. 1012); Greene v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., 112 Ga. 859 (38 S. E. 360); McDonald v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co., 138 Ga. 15 (74 S. E. 691). But a dismissal of a suit on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dolvin v. American Harrow Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Greene v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Fain v. HughesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Butler v. Tifton, Thomasville & Gulf Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Dodson v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Keith v. DarbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Salter v. AshburnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Hadden v. FuquaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Conner v. BowdoinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Hadden v. FuquaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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