Stone v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) “A question as to the constitutionality of a law can not be raised for the first time in a motion for a new trial, where it was not made either by demurrer to the pleadings or by objections to evidence, or in some other appropriate way pending the trial.” Hendry v. State, 147 Ga. 260 (8) (93 S. E. 413); Starling v. State, 149 Ga. 172 (99 S. E. 619).
Under the ruling quoted above, no constitutional question is properly made, and the case is not, otherwise, one of which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction. Accordingly, direction is given that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hendry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Starling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Savannah Electric Co. v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MichaelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Corbin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
- Loomis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Stone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
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