Akins v. Craig

1. “Since the presumptions are always in favor of the verdict and judgment, and the burden is upon him who alleges error to show it, uncertainties or ambiguities in the answer to the writ of certiorari as made by the trial judge must be construed, if it can be reasonably done, so as to sustain rather than to destroy the verdict and judgment.” New Zealand Fire Ins. Co. v. Brewer, 29 Ga. App. 773 (4) (116 S. E. 922); Reese v. Miller, 33 Ga. App 442 (4) (126 S. E. 904).

2. Accordingly, in the instant case the statement made by -the juvenile-court judge in his answer to the writ of certiorari, to…