Security Insurance v. Jackson

The Court of Appeals rendered the following decision: “1. ‘The general rule is that a motion for new trial, which includes a brief of the evidence, must be made during the term at *892which the trial was had; and where a motion for new trial is made in term, and no brief of the evidence is filed [during that term], and no order of court is taken extending the time at which the brief of evidence may be filed, it is proper to dismiss the motion [upon its hearing in vacation or at a subsequent term]. These requirements are jurisdictional! Garraux v. Ross, 150 Ga. 645 (104 S. E. 907), and cit. 2.…