Farmers & Merchants Bank of Manchester v. Gibson

Mobley, Justice.

1. An oral motion to dismiss is the equivalent of a general demurrer, and the question therein is not whether any particular allegation has been defectively pleaded, but whether the petition in its entirety fails to set out a cause of action. Minnesota Lumber Co. v. Hobbs & Livingston, 122 Ga. 20 (1) (49 S. E. 783); Capps v. Edwards, 130 Ga. 146 (1) (60 S. E. 455); Haynes v. Thrift Credit Union, 192 Ga. 229 (2) (14 S. E. 2d 871); Kanes v. Koutras, 203 Ga. 570, 573 (47 S. E. 2d 558).

2. “A general demurrer does not raise questions as to multifariousness, duplicity, or misjoinder…