Roman v. Delta Motors

Jordan, Judge.

This case was tried in the Civil Court of Fulton County and a verdict in favor of the plaintiff was returned by the jury. The defendant filed a motion for new trial which was amended by the addition of several special grounds *572of which grounds 3 and 5 assigned error on the fact that the case had been tried in the absence of defendant and counsel. The reasons for the failure of defendant’s counsel to appear in court with his client and the facts relating to same were set forth in these grounds and various supporting affidavits were attached as exhibits thereto.

The trial court…