Legal Opinion

Burns v. Condon

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 20, 1899PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Complaint. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1898.

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

"Where a defendant, in his answer to a petition filed in orderly and distinct paragraphs as required by statute, denies only" the facts alleged in two paragraphs of the petition and does not undertake to deny other allegations in the petition which are entirely inconsistent with the truth of the denial set up in the answer, and the plaintiff moves to strike the answer on this ground, it is not error for the court to strike ■the answer after giving the defendant ample opportunity to amend the same. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. City of Moultrie v. Schofield's Sons Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  2. Bedingfield & Co. v. Bates Advertising Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  3. Southern Crushed Stone & Granite Co. v. DornCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927