Legal Opinion
De LaPerriere v. Herrmann & Henican
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 31, 1930No. 19656PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Since a verdict which is without evidence to support it is not a legal verdict, the action of the trial judge in directing the jury to find a verdict which is not supported by the evidence is necessarily error. An assignment of error that the direction of the verdict was error upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and without evidence to support it is a valid assignment of error.
*612. An assignment of error upon tlie direction of a verdict is an assignment of error upon a final judgment. Scarborough v. Holder, 127 Ga. 256 (56 S. E. 293); McKenzie v. Consolidated Lumber Co., 142…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ford v. FargasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Ford v. FargasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Mendel v. Converse & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- McKenzie's Sons & Co. v. Consolidated Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Scarborough v. HolderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Pullen v. General American Credits Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Crowe v. Holloway Development Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Herrmann v. DeLaPerriereCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Jones v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Gilmore v. Continental InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
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