Scarbrough v. Bell

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. “Where by an order entered in term the hearing of a motion for a new trial is set for a particular day in vacation, that day, relatively to such motion, is, in legal contemplation, a continuation of the term at which the order was granted.” Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. Strickland, 114 Ga. 998 (41 S. E. 501); Code of 1882, § 3719; Code of 1933, § 70-301; Ga. L. 1889, p. 83; Grady v. Hightower, 1 Ga. 252; Johnson v. Bemis, 4 Ga. 157; Herz v. Frank, 104 Ga. 638 (30 S. E. 797); Eady v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., 129 Ga. 363 (58 S. E. 895).(a)…