Northwestern Fire & Marine Insurance v. Bank of Thomasville

1. Where a motion for a new trial is pending in the trial court, the movant can not bring to this court a direct bill of exceptions complaining of rulings made upon the trial, and of the verdict and the judgment based thereon. Kelly & Jones Co. v. Moore, 125 Ga. 382 (54 S. E. 118). That ruling, however, is not applicable to a case where the pending motion for a new trial was not filed within thirty days from the date of the trial, the term of the court lasting longer than thirty days. In such a case the motion for a new trial is void and there is no motion pending. See, in this connection,…