Burgess v. Simmons

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Upon the previous appearance of this case (Burgess v. Simmons, 207 Ga. 291, 61 S. E. 2d, 410), our judgment was an unqualified reversal without - direction. The final judgment there reviewed was one overruling a motion for a new trial; and, although our ruling was based upon the exceptions to rulings on the examiner’s findings of law preceding the trial, our judgment was one ordering a new trial because the previous erroneous rulings entered into the verdict and judgment. That reversal restored the case in the trial court to its status before trial with the…