Hughes v. Henderson

7 S.E.2d 317, 61 Ga. App. 743, 1940 Ga. App. LEXIS 247

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: February 22, 1940
• Docket: 28035.
• Status: Published

Opinion

Broyles, C. J.

1. The motion to dismiss the writ of error is denied.

2. “Where the court, on demurrer, holds that the transaction upon which a recovery is sought does not, as it is alleged'iri the petition, constitute a cause of action, and dismisses the suit on this ground, the judgment operates as, a res adjudicaba, and bars a subsequent suit between the parties on the same transaction, though in the.first case the facts were untruly or improperly stated, and if they had been truly and prroperly stated, a cause of action would have' been disclosed.” (Italics ours.) Wolfe v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co., 6 Ga. App. 410 (65 S. E. 62); Hoffman v. Summerford, 28 Ga. App. 247 (111 S. E. 68); DeLoach v. Georgia Coast & Piedmont R. Co., 144 Ga. 678 (87 S. E. 889) ; Sudderth v. Harris, 51 Ga. App. 654 (181 S. E. 122) ; Woods v. Travelers Insurance Co., 53 Ga. App. 429 (186 S. E. 467); Code, §§ 110-501, 110-504.

3. Applying’ the above-stated ruling to the -fact» of this ease, the 'court did not err in sustaining' the plea of res adjudicata and, dismissing the case.

Judgment affirmed.

MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., conmr.