Cole v. Stanley

1. An order passed upon agreement between counsel in three cases, the parties in two of them being the same, while in the third the parties are not identical with those in the other two, “ that the three above-stated cases be tried together,” does not have the effect to consolidate or merge the three cases into one, the effect of such order being simply to provide that the cases be tried together, each case, except for this purpose, preserving its complete identity. Brown v. Railroad Co., Center v. Paper Co., 117 Ga. 222; Harris v. Gano, 117 Ga. 950.

2. When it was “ agreed during the progress…