Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Devero

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant railroad company for damages. The action was returnable to the May term, 1933, of Bryan superior court. That court has two terms a year, one beginning on the first Monday in May, and the other beginning on the first Monday in November. Ga. L. 1933, p. 1205. The defendant filed a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. In July, 1933, the demurrer came on for a hearing. It does not appear that any order was granted during the May term of the court, giving the judge authority to pass upon the demurrer in vacation, nor does it appear that the May term of…