Case Name: THE HITCHCOCK CORPORATION v. TURNER et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1960-09-27
Citations: 102 Ga. App. 452
Docket Number: 38497
Parties: THE HITCHCOCK CORPORATION v. TURNER et al.
Judges: Felton, C. J., and Bell, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 452–453

Head Matter:
38497.
THE HITCHCOCK CORPORATION v. TURNER et al.
Decided September 27, 1960.
Smith, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hancock, Glover McGhee, for plaintiff in error.
Bagwell & Hames, James A. Bagwell, contra.

Opinion:
Nichols, Judge.
1. A petition seeking to recover only punitive and exemplary damages is subject to general demurrer (Beverly v. Observer Publishing Co., 88 Ga. App. 490, 77 S. E. 2d 80; Gartrell v. Afro-American Life Ins. Co., 88 Ga. App. 806, 78 S. E. 2d 92), and the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant's general demurrer to the plaintiffs' petition must be reversed since only punitive and exemplary damages were sought.
2. Where the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant's general demurrer to the plaintiffs' petition is reversed the questions raised by the defendant's special demurrers become nugatory. DeWinne v. Waldrep, 101 Ga. App. 570 (114 S. E. 2d 455).
Judgment reversed.
Felton, C. J., and Bell, J., concur.