Cumberland Island Co. v. Bunkley

1. There having been no motion to dismiss the motion for a new trial for want of a regular and duly approved‘brief of evidence, and the action taken by the judge at the hearing of that motion being, under the peculiar facts and circumstances disclosed by the record, the equivalent of approving such a brief as would be appropriate to a case of this kind, and it being certain that this court has before it all that is requisite to an adjudication of the errors alleged, the writ of error will not be dismissed, but the case will be disposed of on its merits.

2. The institution of unwarranted…