Stillman v. Hirsch

This case involves important procedural questions with respect to statutes and rules relating to filing motions for new trial, including the action of the trial judge in giving, refusing, or qualifying instructions to the jury, and the filing of assignments of error, as may be considered prerequisite to appellate review by the courts.

The Honorable Court of Civil Appeals held: (1) That motions for new trial shall be filed in the trial court, and that such motions shall be in writing and specify each ground on which it is founded, and that no error not specified shall be considered (unless…