Padgett v. Reaves

1. The general grounds are not argued or insisted upon in the brief of counsel for the defendant, and are treated as abandoned. Clay v. State, 83 Ga. App. 719, 720 (64 S. E. 2d, 898).

2. Since rulings on the pleadings can not be excepted to in a motion for a new trial (Fechtel v. Chastain, 79 Ga. App. 517, 518, 54 S. E. 2d, 459), the questions of whether or not the court erred in refusing to grant the defendant’s oral motion to dismiss, 'and in overruling the plea of the statute of frauds, are not properly presented to this court and will not be considered.

3. The judgment overruling the…