Hudgins v. Pure Oil Co.

Bell, Presiding Judge.

1. In this suit on a note, defendant simply denied the paragraph of plaintiff’s petition which included the note and alleged the indebtedness. This denial was in effect a plea of the general issue, and as against an unconditional contract in writing, was insufficient as a defense against recovery for the principal and interest on the note. Kingery v. Yancey Bros. Co., 100 Ga. App. 178, 180 (110 SE2d 411); Medlock v. Wood, 4 Ga. App. 368, 369 (61 SE 516); Wood v. Noland Credit Co., 113 Ga. App. 749 (2) (149 SE2d 720). However, in another paragraph of his answer defendant…