Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1875PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Practice in the Supreme Court. New trial. Pleadings. Before Judge Hopkins. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1874. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Judge.

There is but a single decision of the court excepted to, and that is the judgment overruling the motion for a new trial. In the bill of exceptions there is a detailed specification of the various grounds contained in the motion; but there is no statement, direct of indirect, that the matters of fact which these grounds involve are true. The bill of exceptions and the certificate of the judge annexed thereto, (which latter is in the usual form) cannot, therefore, be taken as any verification whatever of these matters of fact. For the judge to certify that a motion was made by…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. SearsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  2. Swift v. DederickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Soell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Allen v. BoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  5. Rhodes, Dolvin & Co. v. Continental Furniture Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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