Blalock v. Waggoner
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Practice in superior court. Statute of frauds. ■ Specific performance.. Contracts. Before Judge Richard IT. Clark. Clayton superior' court. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
In this case, the motion for a new trial was an extraordinary motion, that is, it was made after the term of *124the court at which the cause was tried. It was set on foot in vacation, but what was done prior to the next term was of no efficacy. See Brinkley vs. Buchanan, 55 Ga. 342; Johnson vs. Jackson, 60 Ga. 57. ¥e treat the motion as deriving its standing in court, not from what was done at chambers, but from what was done subsequently in term by way of recognizing and retaining it for hearing. Giving it this support by liberal construction and intendment, it is still…
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