Carmichael v. City of Jackson

Bell, Justice.

1. “In all applications for a new trial the op posite party shall be served with a copy of the rule nisi, unless such copy is waived.” Code, § 70-306. The term “opposite party,” as used in this section, will include- all persons, if more than one, who were parties to the case and who are interested in sustaining the verdict. Code, § 102-102 (4); Hodnett v. Douglass, 124 Ga. 994 (53 S. E. 687). It is insisted by the plaintiff in error that the order upon which the intervenors stand appears to be a mere ex parte order granted at chambers, without notice to the defendant or his…