Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Groover
Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Groover
Opinion of the Court
On certiorari the Supreme Court (Groover v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co., 186 Ga. 476, 197 S. E. 217) reversed the judgment of this court, Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Groover, 56 Ga. App. 27 (192 S. E. 49), in which this court held that the trial court erred in overruling the general demurrer to the petition. The former judgment of this court is hereby vacated, and the judgment of the trial court overruling the general demurrer to the petition is affirmed.
In view of the foregoing, it is necessary to rule on certain other assignments of error. There was no error in overruling special demurrer 13, contending that the petition should have alleged whether the petitioner received from the Citizens and Southern Bank the proceeds of the sale of her stock in excess of her husband’s loan. If the bank contends that Mrs. Groover is estopped in this case, it is a matter of defense.
a. For reasons given in the original opinion it was error to overrule the special demurrers to paragraphs 12 and 13 of the petition.
b. It was error not to strike from the petition, on timely motion in writing, paragraphs 8 and 9 as being surplusage, impertinent matter, and irrelevant as pleading in a trover suit.
c. There was no error in overruling the other special demurrers to the petition, for any reason assigned.
While nothing can or should be said in defense of the errors we are adjudged to have made, we deem it proper to state that we did not interpret the original briefs of the counsel for Mrs. Groover, or their motion and brief on rehearing in this court, as contending
Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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