Case Name: Barnes-Fain Company v. Chandler
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1918-06-13
Citations: 148 Ga. 158
Docket Number: No. 695
Parties: Barnes-Fain Company v. Chandler.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
Barnes-Fain Company v. Chandler.
No. 695.
June 13, 1918.
Equitable petition. Before Judge Bell. Eulton superior court. October 31, 1917.
M. M. Holloivay and A. L. Richards, for plaintiff.
Walter R. Brown, for defendant.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. A petition in equity which contains no prayer for process is defective. Orr Shoe Co. v. Kimbrough, 99 Ga. 143 (25 S. E. 204); Clayton v. Farrar Lumber Co., 119 Ga. 37 (45 S. E. 723); Griffin v. Gainesville Iron Works, 144 Ga. 840, 842 (88 S. E. 201). But the defect is one that may be cured by amendment. Lyons v. Planters' Loan & Savings Bank, 86 Ga. 485 (12 S. E. 882, 12 L. R. A. 155); DeLacy v. Hurst, 83 Ga. 223 (9 S. E. 1052); Savannah, Florida & Western Ry. Co. v. Atkinson, 94 Ga. 780 (21 S. E. 1010); Dykes v. Jones, 129 Ga. 99 (58 S. E. 645).
2. The amendment which the court allowed subject to' demurrer added a prayer for process, thereby curing the defect in the petition; and it was error for the court to dismiss the petition as amended.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.