Taliaferro v. Columbus Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion for new trial. Before Judge Little. Muscogee superior court. August 9, 1907. The case of Charles E. Taliaferro against the Columbus Bail-road Company was tried on May 8, 1907, in Muscogee superior court, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff.
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Motion for new trial. Before Judge Little. Muscogee superior court. August 9, 1907. The case of Charles E. Taliaferro against the Columbus Bail-road Company was tried on May 8, 1907, in Muscogee superior court, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff. On May 14, during the same term, a motion for a new trial, upon the general grounds, was presented, and at the same time the movant’s counsel presented for signature an order reciting, that this motion had. been made, and that it appeared that the case had been stenographieally reported and that it was impossible for the same to be transcribed…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. The plaintiff in error contends that the court erred in refusing to dismiss the motion for new trial, because the movant failed, within thirty days after the trial, either to file a brief of the evidence or to obtain an order granting further time in which to file the same. The Civil Code, §5484, provides that when the term continues longer than thirty days, as was the case here, the application for a new trial “shall be filed within thirty days from the trial, together with a brief of evidence, subject to the approval of the judge and subject to the right of…
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