34 Ga. App. 768 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1926
Mrs. T. M. Sikes sued M. S. Hopson on two promissory notes, alleging that the defendant executed a deed to described
The position of the defendant in error, briefly stated, is that the answer of the defendant was a mere general denial of the allegations of the petition, that it constituted no legal defense, and that it was in effect a plea of the general issue, and that for this reason there was nothing to amend by, and the plea was properly stricken and the amendment thereto properly disallowed.
Conceding (but not deciding) that the original plea was one of the general issue, there is absolutely nothing in the record to show that the demurrer thereto or motion to strike it was filed at the appearance term. The Supreme Court has held that where a suit was brought on a promissory note, and a plea was filed which was
The court erred in refusing to allow the amendment to the plea, and the further proceedings in the ease were nugatory.
Judgment reversed.