The answer to the petition alleged facts which, if proved, would have authorized a verdict for the defendant; and the demurrer, of course, admits the truth of all facts alleged in the pleading which it attacks. The answer was not subject to general demurrer; and, in the absence of a special demurrer, the court erred in striking the answer and in directing a verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment reversed.
Pope & Bennet, for plaintiff in error, cited: 3 Ga. App. 665 (2), 671 (bottom), and cit.; 1 Ga. App. 5; 9 Ga. App. 758 (mid.); 7 Ga. App. 299 (2d); 72 Ga. 66 (2); Civil Code, § 4305; 38 Ga. 216 (2); 10 Ga. App. 669 (3); 134 Ga. 325, 328, 329; 20 Cyc. 91; 1 Bigelow, Fraud, 66; 2 Ga. App. 57 (1); 135 Ga. 590 (2d case); 94 Ga. 183 (1); 114 Ga. 360 (1); 119 Ga. 876 (7); 4 Thomp. Corp. 4165, notes 6 and 7; 78 S. W. 158, 25 Ky. L. 1489; 69 N J. L. 612, 55 Atl. 814; 4 Thomp. Corp. 4146, notes 9 and 13; 116 Ala. 278 (22 So. 514); 162 111. 417 (44 N E. 748); 68 Iowa, 241 (26 N W. 131); 66 S. W. 512; 112 S. W. 1115; 79 Md. 530 (30 Atl. 189); 118 N W. 615; 49 Minn. 322 (51 N. W. 1056); 50 Neb. 779 (70 N. W. 366); 98 Pac. 1047; 35 Cyc. 72 (top), and cit.; 14:0'Ga. 594; 118 Ga. 362; Civil Code, §§ 4250, 5675, 4254, 4112; 132 Ga. 41, 43 (bottom); 3 Cook, Corp. (6th ed.) § 716; 122 Ga. 20; 7 Ga. 191; 10 Cyc. 830 (note 68); 12 Ga. App. 496 (2); 134 Ga. 288, and cit. Pottle & Hof may er, contra, cited: 100 Ga. 628; 137 Ga. 59; 115 Ga. 156; 136 Ga. 739; 142 Ga. 49 (1); 13 Ga. App. 775; 13 Ga. App. 25; 79 Md. 530; 34 Mont. 169; 48 Wash. 348; 130 U. S. 643; 142 U. S. 43; 9 Ga. App. 43; 129 Ga. 37 (9); 124 Ga. 328; 108 Ga. 12; 138 Ga. 247, and cit.; 8 Ga. App. 540 (1); 13 Ga. App. 277 (4), 280.