98 Ga. 36 | Ga. | 1895
The official report states accurately the facts as they appear in the record, and therefore a restatement of them here will not be necessary in the consideration of the questions made.
It will be seen that although an attachment had issued upon the ground that “said Mrs. A. J. Lowe is actually removing without the limits of said county of Eulton,” there was no averment either in the affidavit upon which such at
The allowance of the amendment broadening the prayer of the attachment declaration so- as to authorize the grant of a general judgment, might not have had the effect of opening tire pleadings so as to admit the plea to the jurisdiction. Yet, the other amendment averring jurisdiction did have this effect; and although the trial judge may have put his judgment allowing the plea upon the first rather than upon the last mentioned amendment, we do not think that for this reason tire defendant should be deprived of her right to make this defense. Both amendments were> according to the plaintiff, at the time they were offered substantial, and after a finding in favor of the defendant upon her plea to the jurisdiction, we think the court erred in setting aside the judgment and granting a new trial, upon the sole ground that the plaintiff’s declaration was good without amendment, and that as a consequence the amendments offered were not sufficiently substantial to justify the allowance of the plea to the jurisdiction.
Judgment reversed.