Joiner v. Perkerson

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. Applications for a new trial must be filed within 30 days from the entry of judgment on the verdict. Code § 70-301. Entry means filing the judgment signed by the judge in the office of the clerk of court. Code § 6-903. Therefore, a judgment is not appealable until it is entered, and a motion for new trial filed prior to such entry of judgment is void. Gibson v. Hodges, 221 Ga. 779 (2) (147 SE2d 329) (1966). This, however, does not render the appeal itself void if the notice of appeal is in fact, as mandated by Code § 6-803, filed within 30 days after the entry of the…