Clarke v. Maloy

This was a purchase-money attachment on land. Verdict and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff and the judgment declared a special lien upon the land. A motion for a new trial was made, the grounds of the amendment thereto were expressly disapproved by the trial judge, and the motion was overruled. The defendant in his bill of exceptions assigns error on the action of the trial judge in disapproving the recitals of fact contained in the amended motion for a new trial.

1. Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court, a special ground of a motion for a new trial disapproved…