Creech v. Richards
Supreme Court of Georgia
New Trial. Verdict. Decree. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Roney Richmond Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1884. Mary A. Creech (formerly Clements), for herself and as next friend of her minor children, filed her bill against R. H. Esterbrook and the Phoenix Insurance Company, alleging, in brief, as follows: The complainant’s husband died, leaving complainant (his widow) and certain children.
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New Trial. Verdict. Decree. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Roney Richmond Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1884. Mary A. Creech (formerly Clements), for herself and as next friend of her minor children, filed her bill against R. H. Esterbrook and the Phoenix Insurance Company, alleging, in brief, as follows: The complainant’s husband died, leaving complainant (his widow) and certain children. He owned certain real estate in the city of Augusta, and after his death, the complainant applied for and obtained a homestead therein. She subsequently bought another lot. Esterbrook…
1Opinion of the Court
Blawdeord, Justice.
1. The plaintiff in error seeks to correct a decree by motion for new trial. If the decree was wrong, it is not competent to correct the same by motion for new trial; a motion for new trial reaches the errors in the finding of the jury, or such errors of the court as may have led to the finding, but an error in a decree can be reached alone by exception thereto, or motion to correct the same.
2. In looking at the record in this case, we are not satisfied that there was any error in the decree. Esterbrook leased the premises for a term of years. This gave himan insurable…
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