Jelks v. Wesleyan Female College

96 S.E. 343, 22 Ga. App. 465, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 556

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: July 9, 1918
• Docket: 9174
• Status: Published

Opinion

Bloodworth, J.

1. The court did not err in sustaining the demurrer to the plea.

2. The plea having been stricken, the paragraphs of the petition were left undenied; and as they were properly.paragraphed and the averments therein were “distinctly and plainly made,” it was not necessary to submit proof of them. Civil Code (1910), §§ 5538, 5539, 5662; Jester v. Bainbridge State Bank, 4 Ga. App. 469 (5), 475 (61 S. E. 926); Ney v. Clere Clothing Co., 5 Ga. App. 325 (2) (63 S. E. 143); Methodist Episcopal Church v. Dudley Sash &c. Co., 137 Ga. 68 (4), 69 (72 S. E. 480).

3. The defendant’s plea having been stricken, the case was in default, and judgment was properly rendered at the first term. The act creating thé city court of Macon expressly provides for this. See Ga. Laws 1900, p. 144, sec. 4.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, P. J., and Harwell, J., concur.

The defendant demurred generally and specially to the plea, and the court sustained the general demurrer and struck the plea.

W. D. McNeil, for plaintiff in error, cited:

Brobston v. Penniman, 91 Ga. 527 (2); Morris v. Georgia Loan Co., 109 Ga. 12 (2); Fouche v. Merchants Nat. Bank, 110 Ga. 827 (3); Bank of St. Marys v. Mumford, 6 Ga. 44; Sutton v. Aiken, 62 Ga. 734; Mercer v. Morgan, 136 Ga. 632; Veal v. Hurt, 63 Ga. 728; Freeman v. Mut. Bldg. Asso., 90 Ga. 190; Lewis v. Howell, 98 Ga. 428; Chastain v. Peak, 111 Ga. 889.

Hardeman, Jones, Park & Johnston, Harry S. Sirozier, contra, cited:

Park’s Code, §§ 5538-9, 5662; Fowler v. Rome Dispensary, 5 Ga. App. 36 (5); Bedingfield v. Bates Adv. Co., 2 Ga. App. 107; A. C. L. R. Co. v. Hart L. Co., 2 Ga. App. 88 (3); Thomas v. Siesel, 2 Ga. App. 663; Levy v. Bixler Co., 20 Ga. App. 766; Sloan v. Bank, 20 Ga. App. 123; Rood v. Wright, 124 Ga. 849; Third N. Bank v. Poe, 5 Ga. App. 114 (1b); Johnson v. Leffler Co., 122 Ga. 670; 9 R. C. L. 722; Carswell v. Hartridge, 55 Ga. 412; Park’s Code, § 4242; Ga. L. 1900, p. 144, sec. 4; Ney v. Clere Clo. Co., 5 Ga. App. 325.