Short v. Jordan

1. While it has been'held that where a plea and answer fail to set up any ground of defense, the court may, at any stage of the trial, give the ease such direction as will disregard the plea [Bedingfield v. Bates Advertising Co., 2 Ga. App. 107 (3), 58 S. E. 320), and that this is true although no demurrer has been interposed to the plea, and evidence has been admitted without objection in support of *46the plea (Williams Mfg. Co. v. Warner Sugar Refining Co., 125 Ga. 408, 54 S. E. 95), yet where the defense pleaded is good in substance, although defectively set forth, such direction should not…