Georgia Court of Appeals, 1912

McFarland v. Lee

McFarland v. Lee
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided March 6, 1912 · Pottle
10 Ga. App. 698; 73 S.E. 1091; 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 650

McFarland v. Lee

Opinion of the Court

Pottle, J.

1. Exception to a judgment refusing to allow an amendment to an answer can not properly be made in a motion for a new trial.

2. In a suit upon a forthcoming' bond, the only question to be decided is whether or not there has been a breach of the bond. No issue can properly be raised as to the title of the property involved. Rowland v. Page, 4 Ga. App. 269 (61 S. E. 148).

3. The evidence authorized a finding' that no claim had been interposed. This being so, the bond sued upon and which was given as the foundation of a claim is to be treated as a voluntary obligation. A recital in the bond that the principal obligor claims the property is not evidence that a claim has actually been interposed, but only that the obligor intended to interpose a claim. Jones v. Kendrick, 94 Ga. 645 (21 S. E. 831).

4. The evidence authorized a verdict that there had been a breach of the bond by ,the defendant. Judgment affirmed.

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