Dillingham v. Cantrell

“Where, in a suit against two codefendants, the verdict and judgment are adverse to the defendants, and one of them makes a motion for a new trial, which is overruled, the movant can except to the judgment overruling his motion, and bring the case to the [appellate] court without making the other defendant a party to the bill of exceptions.” Turner v. Newell, 129 Ga. 89 (58 S. E. 657); Ruffin v. Paris, 75 Ga. 653; Jordan v. Gaulden, 73 Ga. 191; Durrence v. Cowart, 160 Ga. 671 (2), 673 (129 S. E. 26). Moreover, although it is the rule that all persons interested in sustaining or reversing the…