State Highway Department v. Cantrell

Felton, Chief Judge.

In the case of Hill v. Willis, 224 Ga. 263, 264 (161 SE2d 281), the Supreme Court applied the principle of Fulton County v. Spratlin, 210 Ga. 447 (2) (80 SE2d 780) and City of Valdosta v. Singleton, 197 Ga. 194, 208 (28 SE2d 759) to provisions of the Civil Practice Act, so that, in reviewing this case, we are required to apply the law as it exists now, rather than as it existed when the case was tried, in deternming whether there was error in the denial of the motion for mistrial. It is specifically provided in § 46 (b) of the Civil Practice Act (Code Ann. § 81A-146 (b);…