Legal Opinion · Dissent

Womack v. Womack

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 16, 1919No. 1460Published

Motion for new trial. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. Marcli 15, 1919.

1Dissent

Hill and Gilbert, JJ.

dissenting. Where a motion for new trial and a purported brief of evidence were filed as stated in the foregoing headnote, and the motion was not heard at the date named for the hearing, but went over from term to term for nearly two years, and the brief of evidence was never approved by the judge, it not appearing that any effort was made by the movant to secure an approval, and the judge dismissed the motion for new trial “for failure to furnish a brief of the evidence,” the judgment dismissing the motion should not be reversed. The judgment passed by the court was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pease v. PeaseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
  2. Usry v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  3. Milner v. BurrusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890

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