Legal Opinion

Dumas v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 9, 1939No. 12732PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

1. “Rulings on pleadings afford no ground for a new trial.” Zachry v. Industrial Loan & Investment Co., 182 Ga. 738 (5) (186 S. E. 832), and cit. Therefore this court can not consider the special ground of the plaintiff’s motion for new trial in this ejectment suit, that the court erred in not allowing to be amended nunc pro tunc a former judgment rendered fifteen years ago in her favor in another case to which the defendant was not a party.

2. Although the record, in describing the documentary evidence introduced by the defendant, including certified copies of proceedings in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Zachry v. Industrial Loan & Investment Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  2. Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Roberts v. TiftSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Roe v. Doe ex dem. BaxterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1861
  5. Waters v. DurrenceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sutton v. WardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  2. Strickland v. RoeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942

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