Georgia-Florida Motor Lines Inc. v. Slocumb

1. Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court, the allowance of an amendment to a petition can not be the basis of a ground in a motion for a new trial. In order for the judgment allowing the amendment to be reviewed by this court, the bill of exceptions must contain a direct assignment of error upon that judgment.

2. The first part of special ground 2 of the motion for a new trial is merely an elaboration of the general grounds. The rest of the ground complains of the admission of certain evidence “over the timely objection of counsel for the defendant in error [plaintiff…