Thompson v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co.

1. “Assignments of error must be specific, whether contained in a bill of exceptions or in a petition for certiorari, and, when based upon a decision of the trial court, must specifically point out the reason why the decision is error. Civil Code (1910), §§ 5183, 6139.” Wall v. Hawker Pottery Co., 27 Ga. App. 255 (2 a) (108 S. E. 134). An assignment of error that a judgment (not the overruling or the granting of a motion for a new trial, or a judgment on demurrer, or similar pleadings) “is contrary to law” is not a specific assignment of error and can not be considered by the court. Callaway…