Townsend v. Tattnall Bank

1. There is no merit in an oral motion, in the nature of a general demurrer, to strike the whole of the answer of a defendant, if any part thereof raises issuable facts to be tried by a jury. See Hicks v. Hamilton, 3 Ga. App. 112(2) (59 S.E. 331); Tietjen v. Meldrim, 169 Ga. 678(1) (151 S.E. 349).

2. (a) The transfer of the capital stock of a corporation by signing the assignment and delivering the certificate of stock to another as a pledge to secure a debt, passes the title of said stock to the pledgee. See Code § 22-706; Scott v. Flint River Pecan Co., 159 Ga. 668 (2) (126 S.E. 769);…