Windsor Forest, Inc. v. Rocker

Debn, Judge.

1. Former Code § 110-706 which provided for the setting aside of a verdict obtained by perjury, but only if “the person charged with such perjury shall have been thereof duly convicted” was repealed by the Civil Practice Act (Ga. L. 1966, p. 609 et seq.). Extraordinary motions for new trial are still available procedures under Code Ann. § 70-301 and Code Ann. § 81A-160 (c) (f). We agree with counsel for the appellant that they are applicable where a verdict and judgment are based on the testimony of a witness who is subsequently found guilty of perjury. Coggeshall v. Park, 162 Ga.…