Automobile Insurance v. Watson

1. Motions for new trial in the municipal court of Atlanta, when the principal sum sued for is in excess of $500, must be made under the same rules and regulations that govern such motions in the superior courts, and must therefore be in writing. Ga. L. 1925, pp. 370, 383; Civil Code (1910), § 6080. It follows, that where, in the municipal court of Atlanta, in a case in which the principal amount sued for was $1500, a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff in the principal sum of $1113.20, and the defendant made no i written motion for a new trial during the term and within the…