Georgia Coast & Piedmont Railroad v. Herrington

1. There is no allegation in the petition for certiorari that the admissibility of the copies of the documentary evidence was questioned in the justice’s court, nor is it alleged that any ruling was invoked upon the admission of this testimony; and for this reason the judge of the superior court was without jurisdiction to consider these objections, raised for the first time in the petition and upon review. Southern Railway Co. v. Davis, 99 Ga. 613 (25 S. E. 880).

2. A verdict which is entirely without any evidence to support it is contrary to law, but a verdict based on secondary evidence…