Gillis v. Powell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Slander. Before Judge Spence. Worth, superior court. July 81, 1906. Powell sued Gil'lis for slander, laying his damages in the sum of $2,000. The petition alleged that the defendant “did maliciously say of and concerning your petitioner, on the 2nd day of August, 1902, the following false and defamatory words, to wit, ‘■S. A. Powell, swore a lie.’” It is alleged, that the defendant, on the date named, in the presence of divers good and worthy citizens, used language of and…
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Slander. Before Judge Spence. Worth, superior court. July 81, 1906. Powell sued Gil'lis for slander, laying his damages in the sum of $2,000. The petition alleged that the defendant “did maliciously say of and concerning your petitioner, on the 2nd day of August, 1902, the following false and defamatory words, to wit, ‘■S. A. Powell, swore a lie.’” It is alleged, that the defendant, on the date named, in the presence of divers good and worthy citizens, used language of and concerning the plaintiff, the purport of which was to charge him with the offense of perjury, which is a crime punishable…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. One ground of the motion for a new trial assigns error upon the refusal of the judge to continue the ease. The complete showing for the continuance is not set out in the ground, but for the evidence introduced on the showing reference is made to the brief of the evidence filed- in the case. Under repeated rulings of this court, this ground can not be considered. This court will not consider an assignment of error in a ground of the motion for a new trial which is not complete in itself, or which may not be rendered complete by an exhibit to the motion itself. 'It…
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