Legal Opinion

Alley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1959No. 37549PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carlisle, Judge.

1. The Court of Appeals has no authority to

decide any question in a case unless it is made by a specific assignment of error in the bill of exceptions (Code § 6-1607), nor can questions not made by the record nor passed on by the trial court be considered by this court even though urged in the argument and brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Nix v. State, 94 Ga. App. 141 (2) (93 S. E. 2d 783). Accordingly, questions which are apparently made for the first time in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error and which were not a part of the motion for new trial, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Rylee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  2. Nix v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
  3. Pacetti v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  4. Johnson v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  5. Pope v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Wisdom v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Central of Georgia Railroad v. NashCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Campbell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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