Case Name: Hughes v. Henderson
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1940-02-22
Citations: 61 Ga. App. 743
Docket Number: 28035
Parties: Hughes v. Henderson.
Judges: MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., conmr.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 61
Pages: 743–743

Head Matter:
28035.
Hughes v. Henderson.
Decided February 22, 1940.
Walter A. Sims, Ralph G. Sims, Henry M. Henderson, for plaintiif. ...
Barrett & Nall, for defendant.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
1. The motion to dismiss the writ of error is denied.
2. "Where the court, on demurrer, holds that the transaction upon which a recovery is sought does not, as it is alleged'iri the petition, constitute a cause of action, and dismisses the suit on this ground, the judgment operates as, a res adjudicaba, and bars a subsequent suit between the parties on the same transaction, though in the.first case the facts were untruly or improperly stated, and if they had been truly and prroperly stated, a cause of action would have' been disclosed." (Italics ours.) Wolfe v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co., 6 Ga. App. 410 (65 S. E. 62); Hoffman v. Summerford, 28 Ga. App. 247 (111 S. E. 68); DeLoach v. Georgia Coast & Piedmont R. Co., 144 Ga. 678 (87 S. E. 889); Sudderth v. Harris, 51 Ga. App. 654 (181 S. E. 122); Woods v. Travelers Insurance Co., 53 Ga. App. 429 (186 S. E. 467); Code, § 110-501, 110-504.
3. Applying' the above-stated ruling to the -fact» of this ease, the 'court did not err in sustaining' the plea of res adjudicata and, dismissing the case.
Judgment affirmed.
MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., conmr.