Cornett v. Frederic W. Ziv Company

1. “If the ruling or decision complained of as erroneous is one preceding the final judgment, and if it is specifically made the subject of exception and of proper assignment of error, and the final judgment is excepted to, not because of additional error in it, but because of the antecedent ruling complained of, which entered into and affected the further progress or final result of the case, a general exception to the final judgment and an exception, to and a specific assignment of error on the antecedent ruling will suffice.” Lyndon v. Georgia Ry. &c. Co., 129 Ga. 353 (3) (58 S. E. 1047).…