Legal Opinion · Dissent
North British & Mercantile Insurance v. Parnell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 31, 1936No. 24734, 24741Published
1DissentBroyles, C. J.
It is well,settled that pleadings are to be construed most strongly against the pleader; and where a defendant in one paragraph of his answer denies the allegations in a numbered paragraph of the petition and in another paragraph of the answer admits, in effect, the truth of the same allegations, “the admission, and not the denial, must prevail.” Bedingfield v. Bates Co., 2 Ga. App. 107 (58 S. E. 320); Ney v. Clere Co., 5 Ga. App. 325 (63 S. E. 143); Moore v. Smith Co., 4 Ga. App. 151 (3) (60 S. E. 1035); Southern Granite Co. v. Dorn, 37 Ga. App. 564, 568 (141 S. E. 59), and cit.; Williams…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams Manufacturing Co. v. Warner Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Bedingfield & Co. v. Bates Advertising Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Moore & Jester v. Smith Machine Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Southern Crushed Stone & Granite Co. v. DornCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
- Ney & Commins v. Clere Clothing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908