Mock v. Darby
| Decision Date | 24 April 1964 |
| Docket Number | No. 40636,No. 3,40636,3 |
| Parties | F. W. MOCK v. C. J. DARBY |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Mock's general demurrers were overruled. The trial judge found for Darby and ordered the satisfaction of the security deed and note on payment of $3,593.05. Mock excepts only to the general demurrer order.
The writ of error was first taken to the Supreme Court, which transferred the case here. Mock v. Darby, 219 Ga. 597, 134 S.E.2d 805.
Neville & Neville, Statesboro, for plaintiff in error.
Allen & Edenfield, Statesboro, for defendant in error.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
The only exception in this declaratory judgment case is to the overruling of the general demurrer to the petition. Georgia Cas., etc., Co. v. Turner, 86 Ga.App., 418, 422, 71 S.E.2d 773, 776. Accord: Parks v. Jones, 88 Ga.App. 188, 76 S.E.2d 449; Darling v. Jones, 88 Ga.App. 812, 815, 78 S.E.2d 94; Griffin v. Hardware Mut. Ins. Co., 93 Ga.App. 801, 803(1), 92 S.E.2d 871; Buffington v. New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., 104 Ga.App. 139, 141(1), 121 S.E.2d 270. See Saint Paul Fire, etc., Co. v. Johnson, 216 Ga. 437, 117 S.E.2d 459. The petition here presented a justiciable controversy and the general demurrer was properly overruled.
Judgment affirmed.
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