Supreme Court of Georgia August 7, 1900 (Hartley v. McGee)

Cobb, J.

1. In determining whether or not an answer filed to a petition raises an issue of fact which should be passed upon by a jury, it is not proper practice for the judge to propound to the defendant any question or questions, either with a view to eliciting from him a fact not stated in the answer, or to ascertaining the real meaning of the allegations in the answer.