Legal Opinion
Benefield v. Benefield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1968No. 24529PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
This is a case involving divorce, alimony and custody of a minor child, based upon a petition filed by the wife with a separate cross petition filed by the husband but with consolidation of both cases before trial. After verdict and judgment in favor of the husband, the wife appeals enumerating sixteen grounds of alleged error. Held:
1. It is reversible error for the trial judge, during the progress of the trial or in his charge, to express or intimate his opinion as to what has or has not been proven. Code § 81-1104; Sanders v. Nicolson, 101 Ga. 739 (28 SE 976);…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Sanders v. NicolsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Potter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Florida, Central & Peninsular Railroad v. LucasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
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3Cited by27 opinions
- West v. NodvinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Chan v. W-East Trading Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Saffar v. Chrysler First Business Credit Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Turpin v. WorleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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