Smith, Barry & Co. v. Davis Bros.
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Practice. Statutes. Construction. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. September term, 1889. Deported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
A case between these parties was pending in the superior court when the act of November 12, 1889, was approved and went into effect. It was tried on the next day, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs. The defendants made a motion for a new trial, but did not file a brief of the evidence within 30 days after the trial. The session of the court continued for more than 30 days, and during the same term, the court, at the instance of the plaintiffs, dismissed the motion because a brief of the evidence had not been filed within 30 days after the trial, resting the…
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