Bussell v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from city court of Dublin — Judge Flynt. October 18, 1920. Jim Williams sued H. N. Bussell upon a promissory note for $50 principal, besides interest..
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Complaint; from city court of Dublin — Judge Flynt. October 18, 1920. Jim Williams sued H. N. Bussell upon a promissory note for $50 principal, besides interest.. Tbe defendant filed a plea in which he alleged that the note was a part of a contract, the consideration and terms of which were that he was to pay to the plaintiff $50 for the plaintiff’s interest in a share crop cultivated •with the defendant as landlord, provided that the plaintiff would work for him for the remainder of the year as a laborer for specified wages; that the main inducement to his execution of the note was to obtain…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. Under repeated rulings of this court and of the Supreme Court a ground of a motion for a new trial will not be considered unless it is complete and understandable within itself.(a) A ground based upon the exclusion of material evidence is too incomplete to be considered unless it not only shows on what ground the evidence was excluded but wherein the court erred in excluding it. Furthermore, where the materiality of the evidence excluded cannot be ascertained without an examination of other parts of the record, such a ground is too indefinite to raise any question for the consideration of…
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