108 Ga. 513 | Ga. | 1899
A justice’s court fi. fa. in favor of Mary Jones against Allen Dodd was levied upon a certain tract of land to which Katie Dodd filed her claim. When 'the claim case came on for trial in Habersham superior court, after the plaintiff in fi. fa. had closed her evidence, the claimant introduced the original summons, pleadings, verdict and judgment upon which the fi. fa. issued, as follows: “Georgia, Habersham County. To any lawful constable of said county. Mary Joneses. Allen Dodd, trustee to Mary Jones. Complaint in Justice Court, 752d district G. M. The defendant, Allen Dodd, of said county and district, is hereby required to be and appear at the Justice Court to be held at the court-house in and for said district on the 24th day of November, 1894, by ten o’clock a. m., to answer the complaint of plaintiff in an action of debt on account, a copy of which is hereto attached, as in default the court will proceed as to justice shall appertain. Witness my hand and official signature this November 1st, 1894. A. W. Harper, J. P.” Copy of account sued on: “Allen Dodd, trustee, to Mary Jones as cestui que trust, Dr. In 1891, .January 1st, to trust estate belonging to Mary Jones as cestui que trust, besides interest, $100.” Answer of defendant. “Mary Jones vs. Allen Dodd. Suit in Justice’s Court, 752d district G. M., Habersham county. On account. And now comes the defendant Allen Dodd, by his atty. J. J. Bowden, and for plea and answer to the above-stated case says that he is not indebted to plaintiff as alleged; and for further plea that he is not indebted to plaintiff anything ; that he never received but $50 as property of plaintiff, and he has paid out several times this amount for maintenance and education of said plaintiff during her minority, and of this he puts himself upon the country. Allen Dodd. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this December 22, 1894. A. W. Harper, J. P.” Verdict and judgment. “We, the jury, find for plaintiff $75 as principal, with interest from majority, Septem
It is a well-settled rule of law that a final judgment in a case, even in courts of record, cures all irregularities in the pleadings which could have been met by amendment had they been objected to in time. In the case of Maxwell v. Harrison, 8 Ga. 61, it was decided that, “In an action of trover against, one, charging him as trustee', etc., the plaintiff may amend by striking out the words, as trustee, etc.” Judgments which cure such defects are not only binding upon the parties to the-suit themselves, but, in the absence of fraud,, upon third persons as well. In the Case of Baker v. Thompson, 75 Ga. 164, it.appeared that there'was a defect touching the perfection of' service. This court held, that although the process as served Tyas irregular and may have been illegal as not following the' requirements of the law, it was not void, but could have been amended; and the defendant, having notice of the pendency of the suit, and having failed to object in time to these defects,,