Legal Opinion

Patterson v. Campbell

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 17, 1911PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Ejectment. Before Judge Frank Park. Decatur superior court. March 1, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtEish, C. J.

1. A ground of a motion for a new trial should be complete in itself, or rendered so by an exhibit attached to the motion. Accordingly, it has been repeatedly ruled that a ground based upon the ad-. mission or rejection of evidence presents nothing for adjudication when such evidence is not set forth therein, either literally or in substance, nor attached as an exhibit to the motion. Shaw v. Jones, 133 Ga. 446 (9) (66 S. E. 240).

2. The judge did not express an opinion as to what had been proved, in any of the instructions to the jury of which complaint was made.

3. An assignment of error upon…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Shaw v. Jones, Newton & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Hodges v. Stuart Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1907

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. City of Atlanta v. ScipleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  2. O'Neal v. MurpheySupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. McWilliams v. McWilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Bank of LaGrange v. Commercial Credit Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951

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