Legal Opinion

Roland v. Watson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 14, 1938No. 12058Published

1Opinion of the Court

Hutcheson, Justice.

1. The rule that a partj to a suit will not be allowed to disprove an admission made in his pleadings is not applicable where the party by amendment withdraws the admission theretofore made. Alabama Midland Railway Co. v. Guilford, 114 Ga. 627 (40 S. E. 794).

2. Whether or not the pleadings in the instant case contained the admission as to a statement on which evidence was afterwards adduced, seeking to disprove it, must be determined in the light of all the allegations embraced in the original and amended pleadings. Accordingly, the defendant in error was not estopped to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Alabama Midland Railway Co. v. GuilfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Gabbett v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  3. Antognoli & Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

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