Legal Opinion
Harper v. Allen
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 29, 1930No. 20190PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
1. Jurisdiction of tlie person may be waived. If a defendant appear and plead to the merits, without pleading to the jurisdiction and without any protestation as to process or service, he thereby admits the jurisdiction of the court and waives all irregularities of the process, or of the absence of process and the service tlieerof. Civil Code (1910), §§ 5559, 5663, 5664. The filing of a general demurrer is equivalent to a plea to the merits, within this rule. Bunting v. Hutcheson, 5 Ga. App. 194 (5) (63 S. E. 49); Southern Railway Co. v. Cook, 106 Ga. 450 (3) (32 S. E. 585).
2. In case of an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Pless & SladeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Cowart v. Caldwell Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- McAndrew v. Irish-American BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Payne v. Chal-Max Motor Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rives v. Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Garver v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
- Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Worley Bros. Granite Co. v. HaskinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Butler v. WintonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
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