Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. Leslie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Question certified by Court of Appeals (Case No. 8737).
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
The Court of Appeals certified the following question requesting instruction from the Supreme Court: “Is it error to permit a plaintiff to dismiss his case after the trial judge has announced in open court the direction of a verdict for the defendant, and while the verdict directed is being written, but before it is actually signed?”
We are of the opinion that the question propounded should be answered in the negative, thereby holding that the court did not err in permitting a plaintiff to dismiss his case after the trial judge had announced in open court the direction of a verdict for…
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