Johnson v. Johnson (1977)

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green Mincey v. Stamper (1984)

Rule Authority · Ga.

In contrast to the former pleading statutes, whereunder the pleadings were construed against the pleader, pleadings are now to be “so construed as to do substantial justice,” OCGA § 9-11-8 (f), so that it is “allowed and required that decisions be made on the merits and not upon the niceties of pleadings.” Owens v. Cobb County, 230 Ga. 707, 708 ( 198 SE2d 846 ) (1973); Johnson v. Johnson, 240 Ga. 21, 23 ( 239 SE2d 346 ) (1977).

green Lowell v. Bouchillon (1980)

Rule Authority · Ga.

Johnson v. Johnson, 240 Ga. 21, 22 ( 239 SE2d 346 ) (1977) and cits. “ ‘The mere lodgment of a discretionary power of sale in an executor can not destroy an essential quality of the estate in fee of a devisee, where there are no debts or necessity of sale.’ [Cit.]” Hoffman v. Chester, 201 Ga. 447, 452 (2) ( 39 SE2d 857 ) (1946).