Case Name: HINKLE v. HIXON
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-09-16
Citations: 154 Ga. 193
Docket Number: No. 2986
Parties: HINKLE v. HIXON.
Judges: All'the -Justices concur, except Beele, P. J., dissenting.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
HINKLE v. HIXON.
No. 2986.
September 16, 1922.
Equitable petition. Before Judge Malcolm D. Jones. Bibb superior court. December 5, 1931.
Jones, Park & Johnston, for plaintiff in error.
B. L. Berner and Shipp & Sheppard, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
1. Fraud voids all contracts. Civil Code (1910), § 4254. 2. Parol evidence is admissible to show that a writing was either originally void or has subsequently become such. Civil Code (1910), § 5790.
3. The amendment to the plaintiff's petition did not set forth a new cause of action, and was properly allowed by the court.
4. The petition set forth a cause of action, and the court did not err in overruling the demurrer thereto on any of the grounds thereof.
Judgment affirmed.
All'the -Justices concur, except Beele, P. J., dissenting.