Goodman v. Kenney

Deen, Judge.

Within the thirty-day period following a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, Mrs. A. R. Kenney, in the case of Kenney v. Goodman which was styled Civil Action Number 1784 in the Superior Court of Terrell County, the defendant filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds, styling the case "John C. Goodman v. Roy Lee Rayburn,” which was the title of another case involving Goodman pending at the time in the same court. The motion contained no docket number and referred to the parties only as "plaintiff” and "defendant.” After the thirty days had expired, Goodman attempted…