Southeastern Pipe-Line Co. v. Garrett

1. By an amendment to the constitution, proposed and ratified in 1939, it was declared that the judges of the superior court "may, on reasonable notice to the parties, at any time, in vacation, at chambers, hear and determine, by interlocutory or final judgment, any matter or issue, where a jury verdict is not required, or may be waived." Ga. L. 1939, pp. 78-79. Under the foregoing law as applied to the particular facts, it does not appear that the judgment overruling the demurrer, to which exceptions were taken, and a previous judgment purporting to set aside a still earlier judgment, which…