Stewart v. Board of Commissioners of Echols County

Grice, Justice. 1. The overruling of a demurrer by a defendant to a petition seeking to condemn land does not present a case respecting title to land, so as to vest jurisdiction in the Supreme Court of a bill of exceptions assigning error on such ruling. Compare Drawdy v. Musselwhite, 150 Ga. 723 (105 S. E. 298); Bond v. Reid, 152 Ga. 481 (110 S. E. 281; Grobli v. Foreman, 171 Ga. 712 (156 S. E. 122); Adams v. Bishop, 174 Ga. 262 (162 S. E. 531); Radcliffe v. Jones, 174 Ga. 324 (162 S. E. 679); Jones v. Windham, 176 Ga. 619 (168 S. E. 6). 2. One ground of demurrer was as follows: “‘This respondent demurs and moves to dismiss the declaration, on the ground that it contravenes and violates the constitution of Georgia, article 1, section 3, paragraph 1.” This was insufficient to give to this court jurisdiction of a bill of exceptions in which error is assigned on the overruling of the demurrer. Compare American Mills Co. v. Doyal, 174 Ga. 631 (163 S. E. 603); Dunn Motors Inc. v. General Motors Acceptance Cor., 174 Ga. 743 (163 S. E. 906); Thompson v. State, 174 Ga. 804 (164 S. E. 202); United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Edmondson, 174 Ga. 895 (164 S. E. 773); Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Leslie, 176 Ga. 385 (168 S. E. 15); Felker v. Still, 176 Ga. 735 (169 S. E. 15); Gormley v. Searcy, 179 Ga. 389 (175 S. E. 913); Payne v. State, 180 Ga. 609 (180 S. E. 130); Silas v. State, 181 Ga. 744 (184 S. E. 318); Jollie v. Hughes, 184 Ga. 860 (193 S. E. 769); Hodges v. Seaboard Savings & Loan Association, 186 Ga. 845 (199 S. E. 105); Head v . Edgar Brothers Co., 187 Ga. 409 (200 S. E. 792); Abel v. State, 190 Ga. 651 (10 S. E. 2d, 198); Jones v. State, 190 Ga. 654 (10 S. E. 394). Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur.