Case Name: Union Investment Company v. Engesser
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-07-13
Citations: 151 Ga. 695
Docket Number: No. 2288
Parties: Union Investment Company v. Engesser.
Judges: All ike Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 695–695

Head Matter:
Union Investment Company v. Engesser.
No. 2288.
July 13, 1921.
Equitable, petition. Before Judge George L. Bell. Fulton superior court.* October 5, 1920.
E. E. Jackson, John F. Echols, and L. Z. Eosser, for plaintiff in error. Burress S' Dillard, contra.
Briefs for persons interested, not parties to the record, by E. A. Denny, attorney-general, Brewster, Howell S Heyman, and B. B. Blaclcburn.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
A judge of the superior court is without power, prior to the appearance term of an equitable case, to render a decision therein sustaining or overruling a general demurrer to the petition. Williamson v. Anderson Cotton Co., 146 Ga. 503 (91 S. E. 553); Crovatt v. Baker, 130 Ga. 507 (2), 511 (61 S. E. 127); note to Park's Code, § 4850. " Parties to proceedings for equitable relief may, by consent, dispose of all equity causes at the first, term, if service has been properly perfected" (Civil Code,'§ 5421), but there is no provision of law authorizing a judge upon consent of the parties to render judgment upon a general demurrer prior to the first term; and where the parties seek to have this done, and the court enters judgment on the demurrer at such time, the judgment will be reversed. Pope v. Jones, 79 Ga. 487 (2), 488 (4 S. E. 860).
Judgment reversed.
All ike Justices concur.