Case Name: Cain et al. v. Phillips
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1955-09-12
Citations: 211 Ga. 806
Docket Number: 19031
Parties: Cain et al. v. Phillips.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 806–808

Head Matter:
19031.
Cain et al. v. Phillips.
Argued July 12, 1955
Decided September 12, 1955.

Opinion:
Hawkins, Justice.
1. A demurrer to a petition, or motion to dismiss in the nature of a demurrer, does not, without more, cover the petition after it has been amended in material respects, but in such case the demurrer or motion to dismiss should be renewed if it is still relied on. Livingston v. Barnett, 193 Ga. 640 (19 S. E. 2d 385); Hughes v. Purcell, 198 Ga. 666 (32 S. E. 2d 392).
2. Where, as here, a petition, to which a demurrer or motion to dismiss in the nature of a demurrer has been filed, is thereafter amended in material respects, and such demurrer or motion is not renewed to the petition as thus amended, such demurrer or motion to dismiss becomes extinct or nugatory (Holliday v. Pope, 205 Ga. 301, 308, 53 S. E. 2d 350), and an exception to the overruling thereof presents no question for decision by this court. Howard v. Lee, 208 Ga. 735 (69 S. E. 2d 263); Hendrix v. Pirkle, 208 Ga. 751 (69 S. E. 2d 267). Accordingly, the exceptions to the rulings on demurrers or motions to dismiss do not present any question for decision, and the judgment of the trial court must be
Affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
Oliver, Davis & Maner, for plaintiffs in error.
Frank O. Downing, contra.