Auld v. Schmelz

Duckworth, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) -It is the general rule that an equitable estoppel must be specially pleaded in the trial court. Fidelity Co. v. Nisbet, 119 Ga. 316 (7) (46 S. E. 444); McCall v. Fry, 120 Ga. 661 (48 S. E. 200); Irvine v. Wiley, 145 Ga. 867 (3) (90 S. E. 69); Askew v. Amos, 147 Ga. 613 (1) (95 S. E. 5); DeVore v. Baxter, 155 Ga. 109 (3) (116 S. E. 610); Hightower v, Blakely Hardwood Lumber Co., 163, Ga. 776 (1) (137 S. E. 22);. National Land & Coal Co. v. Zugar, 171 Ga. 228 (3) (155 S. E. 7). An exception exists in statutory claim cases. Frick Co. v.…