Deal v. Lanier

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. The lower court having expressly disapproved ground one of the amended motion for new trial, it will not be dealt with here. Grand Chapter, Eastern Star v. Wolfe, 175 Ga. 867 (166 S. E. 755); Phillips v. Smith, 175 Ga. 108 (165 S. E. 108); Andrews v. State, 196 Ga. 84 (26 S. E. 2d, 263); Singley v. State, 198 Ga. 212 (31 S. E. 2d, 349); Gunnells v. State, 199 Ga. 486 (1) (34 S. E. 2d, 654), and cit.

2. The court, in charging on acquiescence, omitted the words, “by acts or declarations.” This was error, since the jury might have thought that mere passive acquiescence…