Sparks Improvement Co. v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint, from city court of Nashville — Judge Peeples. January 10, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
That the plaintiff recommences an action previously dismissed without the payment of the costs of the first suit is not a matter affecting the merits of the controversy; it is matter of abatement only. To raise any issue upon this question, the defendant must file a timely formal plea in abatement. Such pleas must be filed under oath at the first term. Stirk v. Central Ry. Co., 79 Ga. 495 (5 S. E. 105); Sweeney v. Malloy, 107 Ga. 80 (32 S. E. 858); Wright v. Jett, 120 Ga. 995 (48 S. E. 345); Board of Education v. Kelley, 126 Ga. 479 (55 S. E. 238). The case having resulted favorably to the…
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