Legal Opinion

White v. Butt

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 4, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Application for mandamus nisi.

1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.

Even if an extraordinary motion for a new trial could he

made in vacation, there was in the present case no error in declining to entertain the motion presented, nor does the refusal to certify the bill of exceptions complaining of such action afford any legal cause for granting a mandamus nisi against the judge. The alleged newly discovered evidence, upon which the motion for a new trial now brought to the attention of this court is based, is merely cumulative to the case as disclosed in the record heretofore considered, and ought not to have produced a different result. It contains nothing…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cox v. HillyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Harris v. RoanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Coggeshall v. ParkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  3. Loomis v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  4. Summerour v. FortsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  5. Griffin v. BrandCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916

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