Dowis v. McCurdy

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

The grant or refusal of a continuance or postponement of a case is ordinarily within the discretion of the trial court, and the authority of this court is limited to a decision of whether that discretion was abused. In such event the plaintiff in error must allege and show not only that an abuse of discretion occurred but that it resulted in injury to him, since error, to be reversible, must be harmful. An assignment of error which fails to allege that the failure to grant a continuance was injurious is insufficient for consideration. Aiken v. Richardson, 85 Ga. App.…