Jefferson v. State

Townsend, Judge.

1. In order to present a question for decision, a special ground of a motion for new trial must be sufficiently specific so that the reviewing court will not be uncertain as to the error complained of. Pepper v. Pepper, 169 Ga. 832 (10) (152 S. E. 103). The burden of showing both error and in jury is on the movant. Under these rules, special grounds 4, 6, 7, and 9, present no issue for consideration because they either show no ruling adverse to the movant or fail to show wherein she was injured by such ruling. In special ground 4, counsel for the defendant said in his opening…