Hitchcock Corp. v. Turner

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Hitchcock Corp. v. Turner

116 S.E.2d 653, 102 Ga. App. 452, 1960 Ga. App. LEXIS 650

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedSeptember 27, 1960

Docket38497

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Hitchcock Corp. v. Turner, 116 S.E.2d 653, 102 Ga. App. 452, 1960 Ga. App. LEXIS 650 (Ga. Ct. App. 1960).

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Opinion

Nichols, Judge.

1. A petition seeking to recover only punitive and exemplary damages is subject to general demurrer (Beverly v. Observer Publishing Co., 88 Ga. App. 490, 77 S. E. 2d 80; Gartrell v. Afro-American Life Ins. Co., 88 Ga. App. 806, 78 S. E. 2d 92), and the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant’s general demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition must be reversed since only punitive and exemplary damages were sought.

2. Where the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant’s general demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition is reversed the questions raised by the defendant’s special demurrers become nugatory. DeWinne v. Waldrep, 101 Ga. App. 570 (114 S. E. 2d 455).

Judgment reversed.

Felton, C. J., and Bell, J., concur.

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