Baker v. Decatur Lumber & Supply Co.

Mobley, Justice.

1. The effect of the grant of a new trial by this court is to require the case to be heard de novo unless specific direction be given in regard thereto. Code § 70-401; Leventhal v. Baumgartner, 209 Ga. 404 (73 S. E. 2d 194).

2. “A supplemental petition, when properly before the court, is a mere addition to, or continuance of, the original petition, the whole constituting an amended petition. 16 Cyc. 359. No supplemental petition need be filed under our practice, as all matters formerly pr.oper for such a petition shall be allowed by way of amendment. . . [Code § 81-107]. A…