Stanley v. Chitwood

1. Special grounds of a motion for new trial must be complete and understandable within themselves without the necessity of reference to other special grounds of the motion, the brief of the evidence, or other parts of the record to understand them. This general principle is so well established as to need no citation of authority. See, however, the numerous cases cited under the catchword “Completeness” in Code (Ann.), § 70-301, and particularly Tarver v. Deppen, 132 Ga. 798 (3, 4) (65 S. E. 177); Price v. State, 170 Ga. 294 (3) (152 S. E. 572); Perdue & Pace v. Hurst, 24 Ga. App. 239 (1)…