24 Ga. App. 569 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1919
On the former appearance of this case before this court it was held that “this ease in principle is controlled by Byrd v. Thompson, 146 Ga. 300 (91 S. E. 100), and cit. The court erred in overruling the general demurrer to the petition.” See 23 Ga. App. 250 (97 S. E. 868), where the allegations in the original petition are set out. After that decision and before the judgment of this court was made the judgment of the superior court, the plaintiff amended his petition, and, among other things, alleged that the defendant company had three vice-
The amendment to the petition clearly takes the case out of the ruling in the ease of Byrd v. Thompson, supra, as it alleges that the injury to the plaintiff was not due to the negligence of fellow servants; that the servant had no knowledge of the defects complained of, but that the master had knowledge thereof and failed to disclose the defects to the plaintiff, and there is also an allegation that “roof-girder H, the flooring joists on top thereof, and the sheathing nailed on top of the roof-flooring joists, were permanent structures. They had been completed.” The issue to be determined here arises on a demurrer to the petition, and all well-pleaded matters in the petition must be accepted as true. It is therefore held: (1) that the amendment to the petition did not set out a new and distinct cause of action (see City of Columbus v. Anglin, 120 Ga. 785 (5,6), 789 (3,4,5), 796 (6)
Judgment affirmed.