Harrison v. Harrison
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Chief Justice.
1. This appeal is from the denial of a motion for new trial. The appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that there was no valid motion for new trial, and the appeal was not filed within 30 days from the date of judgment.
The motion for new trial was filed prior to the entry of the judgment on the verdict, and was premature and invalid. Moore v. Moore, 229 Ga. 600. No amendment could be filed to such void motion. If the amendment to the motion should be considered as a motion for new trial, it was filed long after the time allowed for filing the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moore v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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