North Atlanta Land Co. v. Portness
Supreme Court of Georgia
Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Judge Pendleton. Pulton superior court. May 10, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
1. In equity cases submitted to an auditor, to whose report exceptions of law and fact are filed, the trial judge can, in his discretion, decline to submit the exceptions of fact to a jury, unless he approves them. He may disapprove the exceptions and thereupon enter a decree. Stone v. Risner, 111 Ga. 809 (35 S. E. 648); Hogan v. Walsh, 122 Ga. 283 (50 S. E. 84); Austin v. Southern Home Association, 122 Ga. 440 (7), 448 (50 S. E. 382).
2. Where in' an equity case referred to an auditor the evidence supported his findings, the trial judge did not err in overruling the exceptions of fact…
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