Legal Opinion
Sumner v. Sumner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 12, 1902PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Motion to dismiss the writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
A paper purporting to be a bill of exceptions, but not signed by the plaintiff in error or bis counsel when certified by the trial judge, is not a legal bill of exceptions, and can not, over objection, be amended in the Supreme Court by attaching counsel’s name thereto. Upon motion, it will be dismissed. Civil Code, § 5527 ; Speer v. Merryman, 56 Ga. 529; Wellborn v. Railroad Co., 92 Ga. 577; Cook v. Banks, 95 Ga. 229.
Writ of error dismissed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Speer v. O. P. Merryman & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1876
- Cook v. BanksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
3Cited by11 opinions
- Winn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- O'Connell Bros. v. Friedman, Keiler & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Cook v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad v. BarnwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Moss v. MyersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
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