Upshaw v. Ragsdale

Supreme Court of Georgia

Upshaw v. Ragsdale

14 S.E.2d 486, 192 Ga. 11, 1941 Ga. LEXIS 618

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedApril 15, 1941

Docket13669, 13670.

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Upshaw v. Ragsdale, 14 S.E.2d 486, 192 Ga. 11, 1941 Ga. LEXIS 618 (Ga. 1941).

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Gbice, Justice.

A demurrer to a petition was filed in the superior court, upon which the judge, on November 30, 1940, passed an order sustaining grounds of general demurrer and requiring the petitioner to elect between the causes of action sought to be set forth in his petition, said order reciting in part as follows: “Petitioner shall make this election in writing, to he filed in this cause within fifteen days from this date; *12 if no such election is made and filed within fifteen days, then said petition shall stand dismissed without further order of court.” On December 9, 1940, the court passed another order extending until January 4, 1941, the time within which the petitioner was to make his election and file the same. To these rulings the petitioner excepted. Iiis bill of exceptions was signed and certified by the judge on December 30, 1940, and filed on January 2, 1941. Held, that the bill of exceptions must be dismissed as having been prematurely sued out. See Peyton v. Rylee, 191 Ga. 40 (11 S. E. 2d, 195), and cit., particularly Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Kelly, 150 Ga. 698 (105 S. E. 300).

Nos. 13669, 13670. April 15, 1941. Boy 8. Drennan, for plaintiff. James A. Branch, Thomas B. Branch Jr., and Croom Partridge, for defendants.

Writs of error dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

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Gbice, Justice.

A demurrer to a petition was filed in the superior court, upon which the judge, on November 30, 1940, passed an order sustaining grounds of general demurrer and requiring the petitioner to elect between the causes of action sought to be set forth in his petition, said order reciting in part as follows: “Petitioner shall make this election in writing, to he filed in this cause within fifteen days from this date; *12 if no such election is made and filed within fifteen days, then said petition shall stand dismissed without further order of court.” On December 9, 1940, the court passed another order extending until January 4, 1941, the time within which the petitioner was to make his election and file the same. To these rulings the petitioner excepted. Iiis bill of exceptions was signed and certified by the judge on December 30, 1940, and filed on January 2, 1941. Held, that the bill of exceptions must be dismissed as having been prematurely sued out. See Peyton v. Rylee, 191 Ga. 40 (11 S. E. 2d, 195), and cit., particularly Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Kelly, 150 Ga. 698 (105 S. E. 300).

Nos. 13669, 13670. April 15, 1941. Boy 8. Drennan, for plaintiff. James A. Branch, Thomas B. Branch Jr., and Croom Partridge, for defendants.

Writs of error dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

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