Adams v. Perry

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

“A motion for new trial reaches the errors in the finding of the jury, or such errors of the court as may lead to the finding, but is not the proper method of correcting errors in a decree or judgment.” Potts v. City of Atlanta, 140 Ga. 431, 433 (79 S. E. 110). The above statement is unambiguous and points unmistakably to the limitations upon motions for new trial for correcting errors in the finding of the jury, or such errors of the court as may lead to that finding. It may not be used to correct errors, in a decree or judgment. The judgment denying the plaintiff’s…