Legal Opinion
Perkins v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 31, 1965No. 22886PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Justice.
The separate demurrers of the defendant executor Bridges and the defendant administrator bank contained the same general grounds of demurrer: that the petition as amended did not set forth a cause of action against “this defendant”; that the petition showed on its face that the plaintiff was guilty of laches and thus barred from proceeding against “this defendant.”
The usual test of the sufficiency of a petition to withstand a general demurrer is that it alleges the plaintiff’s right to some relief prayed. Roughton v. Thiele Kaolin Co., 209 Ga. 577, 579 (74 SE2d 844).…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Blaylock v. HackelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Morris v. JohnstoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Peoples Loan Company v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Folsom v. HowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Merchants Mortgage Co. v. LubowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Ray v. QueenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Limoli v. First Georgia BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Tigner v. Shearson-Lehman Hutton, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- General Motors Corporation v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
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