Gassett v. Hugh Steele, Inc.

Debn, Judge.

Where a general demurrer to a petition is overruled, the judge may, during the same term, vacate the order and subsequently hear and sustain the demurrer. Kerr v. Kerr, 183 Ga. 573 (1) (189 SE 20). But where the judgment is rendered at a prior term of court it becomes the law of the case unless subsequently reversed on appeal. City of Atlanta v. Gore, 47 Ga. App. 70 (3) (169 SE 776). “A judg ment rendered at a prior term of court, to which exception is not timely taken, fixes the law of the case, and any subsequent judgment expressing a judgment contrary to the previous ruling of…