Atlanta Wrecking Co. v. Hudson

1. On September 25, 1933, a verdict for $300 was rendered in the plaintiff’s favor in the municipal court of Atlanta (Fulton section), in a suit involving a cause of action for $650. The September term, 1933, of that court adjourned on September 30, 1933. The defendant moved for a new trial orally on the day of the rendition of the verdict; and on October 3, 1933, filed a skeleton motion for a new trial. In the act of March 10, 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 290, 292), amending section 42 of the act of August 13, 1913, creating the municipal court of Atlanta, it is provided that “new trials may be…