Brown v. Douglas

Carlisle, Presiding Judge.

1. The petition in this case alleges the ability of the parties to contract a marriage, a promise and agreement between the plaintiff and defendant to be married, the breach of the contract or promise by the defendant by his ultimate abandonment of the contract and refusal to carry it out, and general damages accruing to the plaintiff therefrom. It thus stated a cause of action and the judge of the superior court erred in dismissing it on general demurrer. Parker v. Forehand, 99 Ga. 743 (28 SE 400); Graves v. Rivers, 123 Ga. 224, 227 (51 SE 318). Admittedly, the…