State of Georgia v. McGuire

The erroneous direction of a verdict may be made the basis for a ground of- a motion for a new trial, or for a direct exception. Webb v. Hicks, 117 Ga. 335 (43 S. E. 738); Jones v. Bank of Lula, 135 Ga. 680 (70 S. E. 640). The motion for a new-trial contained no assignment of error upon the direction of the verdict, and if the bill of exceptions is treated as a direct exception to the direction of the verdict, it came too late, as some 57 days had elapsed between the direction of the verdict and the tendering of the bill of exceptions. Nor will the general grounds of the motion for a new…