Legal Opinion

Overstreet v. Patterson

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 28, 1936No. 25603PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.

1. Sustaining of a demurrer to a speecial plea to the jurisdiction of the trial court, as insufficient in law, is not a final judgment. Baldwin v. Lowe, 129 Ga. 711 (59 S. E. 772). Likewise, disallowance of a subsequent additional plea to the jurisdiction, on account of a change in the status of the case in the trial court, and of a traverse to the return of service of the petition and process, is not a final judgment. Even a verdict finding against or in favor of a special plea to the jurisdiction is not a final disposition of the case, since “the main case would not have been at an end; for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Baldwin v. LoweSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  2. Douglas v. HardinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  3. Neal-Blun Co. v. ZeiglerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
  4. Mims v. GoetteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  5. Phillips v. Cuthbert Gin Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. City of Summerville v. Georgia Power CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

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