Interstate Fire Insurance Company v. Chattam

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals has requested answers to the following certified questions where a notice of appeal states that it is an appeal “from [a] jury verdict”: (1) Does the Appellate Practice Act of 1965 (Code Ann. § 6-809; Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 29; 1965, pp. 240, 241; 1966, pp. 493, 500) authorize appellate courts to cause the notice of appeal to be perfected by requiring the appeal to be amended to show an appeal from the judgment or to treat the appeal from the verdict as a substantial compliance with the statute; and (2) if the answer to the first question is in the…