Almand v. Northern Assurance Co.

1. An admission of liability by the defendant in an answer to a petition does not estop such defendant from insisting upon a general demurrer thereto. Albany Phosphate Co. v. Hugger Bros., 4 Ga. App. 771 (1a) (62 S. E. 533).

2. General allegations of a petition must yield to specific detailed averments therein. Green v. Perryman, 186 Ga. 239 (197 S. E. 880); Plumer v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 58 Ga. App. 622 (199 S. E. 353). A general allegation that the defendant made a standing offer to pay the plaintiff a certain sum, admitted to be its liability under a policy of insurance,…