Legal Opinion

State Highway Department v. Willis

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 5, 1962No. 39581PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Frankum, Judge.

“Refusal to allow counsel to put a certain question to a witness on direct examination can not be held to be error where it does not appear that the expected answer was disclosed to the trial judge.” Gilpin v. State Highway Bd., 39 Ga. App. 238, supra; Rome Builders Supply, Inc. v. Rome Kraft Co., 104 Ga. App. 488 (2), supra. Therefore, special ground 1 of the motion for new trial is without merit.

Special ground 2 complains that the court committed error “Because the court refused to allow Lawrence G. Rowell, a witness for the plaintiff, while on cross-examination, and who on…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Moore v. McAfeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  2. Flemister v. Central Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  3. Boswell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. Mayor & Council v. BooneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  5. Alabama Power Co. v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. Purcell v. ZimbelmanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1972
  3. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LutherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  4. Mize v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  5. Brannen v. PrinceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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