Legal Opinion

Smith v. Willoughby

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 15, 1950No. 17114PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Almand, Justice.

The amendment to the motion for a new trial contains two grounds. Ground 1 assigns error on the court’s refusal to grant what is described in this ground as a “motion to dismiss said action on the ground that no equitable jurisdiction had been shown.” Ground 2 complains that the court erred in refusing a motion by defendants’ counsel to strike Earl Rogers as a party defendant.

As to ground 1, the overruling of the motion to dismiss was not excepted to pendente lite, and is not a proper ground of a *94motion for a new trial. Savannah, Florida & Western Ry. Co. v. Renfroe, 115 Ga.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Riley v. GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  2. Berry v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. RenfroeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dover v. HigginsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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