Wasson v. Cox

Benham, Judge.

Appellant, the defendant in a civil assault and battery case, sought a continuance of the jury trial on the morning trial was to begin. The trial court denied the motion and held the trial, and the jury returned a verdict in appellee’s favor. Appellant’s sole enumeration of error is the denial of his motion for continuance. We affirm.

Decided November 1, 1985. Victor C. Hawk, Jacque D. Hawk, for appellant. J. Richard Dunstan, for appellee.

A resident of Tampa, Florida, appellant sought the continuance because he was ill and unable to travel to Augusta, Georgia, where the trial was…