162 Ga. App. 516 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1982
The plaintiff/appellee, sued the defendant to recover on an open account in the amount of $940.68. The defendant denied the alleged indebtedness and counterclaimed for damages in the amount of $5,700.00. All of the pleadings were verified. The plaintiff filed a motion to dismiss the defensive pleadings based on Code Ann. § 81-410, and the motion was granted by the trial court. Judgment was then entered for the plaintiff in the amount prayed for, plus interest. The defendant appeals. Held:
Code § 81-410 provides that “[w]henever a suit may be brought on an open account and the same is verified by the plaintiff as provided by law, the plea filed shall either deny that the defendant is indebted in any sum or shall specify the amount in which the defendant admits he may be indebted, and shall be verified as required by law.” It has been held that dismissal of the answer is appropriate where the denial is general but fails to deny indebtedness in any sum or to specify any amount of indebtedness. See Lee v. Perry, 19 Ga. App. 48 (2) (90 SE 988) (1916), applying former Civil
Judgment affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part