Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Dairyland Insurance
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 29, 1983No. 66115PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Appellants appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of Dairyland Insurance Company.
1. The trial court did not err in failing to grant the motion of appellants’ attorney for a continuance filed the day before the hearing on the motion for summary judgment. Counsel’s motion stated: “[t]hat he has a jury trial starting at 9:00 o’clock A.M. on Friday, September 10,1982, in Long County, Georgia, and is not able to attend Court in Liberty County, Georgia.”
OCGA § 9-10-155 (Code Ann. § 81-1413) provides: “The illness or absence, from providential cause, of counsel…
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- Atlanta West Enterprises, Inc. v. Cobb County BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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