Supreme Court of Georgia, 1922

Jackson v. Mathis

Jackson v. Mathis
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 10, 1922 · Atkinson, Beck, Gilbert
154 Ga. 581; 114 S.E. 892; 1922 Ga. LEXIS 426

Jackson v. Mathis

Opinion of the Court

Beck, P. J.

1. Under the rulings made in this case when it was here before (Mathis v. Crowley, 146 Ga. 749, 92 S. E. 213; 149 Ga. 396, 100 S. E. 379), (where the essential facts of the case were stated), the court did not err in sustaining a general demurrer to the petition as amended.

2. The amendment filed by the petitioner after the decision last above referred to was rendered, and before the judgment of this court was made the judgment of the court below, did not add any new material facts which would take the case out of the .rulings made when the case was here on the last occasion for review and decision.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Concurring Opinion

Atkinson, and Gilbert, JJ.,

concurring specially, adhere to the dissent formerly made, but concur in the ruling now made that the former decision is the law of the case.

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