Legal Opinion

Odum v. Rutledge

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 17, 1915No. 5912PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Complaint; from city court of Ashburn — Judge Tipton. June 36, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.

1. Under the rulings of this court and of the Supreme Court, this court will not search through the record to find errors, when they are not specifically pointed out in the assignments of error or in the grounds of the motion for a new trial. The rule is that each ground of the motion for a new trial must be complete in itself.

2. Grounds of a motion for a new trial complaining that certain excerpts from the charge of the court are not adjusted to the evidence or to the contentions of either of the parties, without specifying wherein they are not so adjusted, are not sufficiently specific to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thomas & Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Trammell v. ShirleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  2. Davis v. WhitcombCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  3. City of Atlanta v. ScipleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  4. Franklin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  5. Kendrick v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

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