Case Name: Guaranty Mutual Life &c. Insurance Co. v. Seals
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-09-27
Citations: 27 Ga. App. 378
Docket Number: 11822
Parties: Guaranty Mutual Life &c. Insurance Co. v. Seals.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., and Hill, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 378–378

Head Matter:
11822.
Guaranty Mutual Life &c. Insurance Co. v. Seals.
Decided September 27, 1921.
Appeal; from Richmond superior court — Judge Henry O. Hammond. July 24, 1920.
Paul T. Chance, for plaintiff in error.
T. S. Lyons, J. S. Watkins, contra.

Opinion:
Stephens, J.
Questions as to the sufficiency of a petition can not be raised in a motion for a new trial. Where the defendant has not excepted to the sufficiency of the petition, either by demurrer or by a motion in the nature of a general demurrer to dismiss the plaintiff's case for want of a cause of action appearing in the petition, he can not, under the general assignment of error " that the verdict is contrary to law and against the principles of justice and equity," in a motion for a ^new trial, insist that the petition does not set out a cause of action. Roberts v. Keeler, 111 Ga. 181 (6), 184 (30 S. E. 617); Kelly v. Strouse, 116 Ga. 872 (6), 888, 896 (43 S. E. 280). This is true even though the verdict and judgment were rendered in a case on appeal to the superior court from the justice court, and where the defendant had no opportunity to file a demurrer to the petition. This ruling is not in conflict with anything contained in headnote 5 or the corresponding division of the opinion in Kelly v. Strouse, supra.
Judgment affirmed.
Jenkins, P. J., and Hill, J., concur.