Peacock v. Usry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Continuance. New trial. ’Verdict. Before Judge Herschel V. Johnson. Washington Superior Court. September Term, 1873. For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
Usry sued Peacock on an open account for $306 50. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, (as the bill of exceptions states,) on the ground that the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance of the case on the showing made therefor, and also on the ground that the court erred in dismissing the defendant’s motion for a new trial because there was no brief of the evidence filed, as required by the 49th rule of the superior court.
1. It appears from the record that when the…
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