Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 25, 1920No. 1389PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. July 17, 1918.

1Per curiam

1. Ordinarily, where a general demurrer which goes to the merits of the plaintiff’s case is sustained, the judgment is conclusive as to all matters which were set up in the petition, or which might properly have been alleged therein; but where a general demurrer to an equitable petition is based upon the grounds that the petition sets forth no grounds for equitable relief, and that the plaintiff has a full, complete, and adequate remedy at law (and such was the character of the demurrer as shown by the record in Southern Bell Tel. Co. v. Mitchell, 145 Ga. 539, 89 S. E. 514), and such demurrer…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hughes v. CobbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  2. Sparks & Hutson v. FortCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  3. Woodland Hills Company v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
  4. Council v. StathamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. First National Bank v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940

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