Wilson v. Cobb

• Decision Date: 22 April 1908
• Docket Number: 993.
• Citation: 61 S.E. 133,4 Ga.App. 272
• Parties: WILSON v. COBB.
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

61 S.E. 133

4 Ga.App. 272

WILSON v. COBB.

No. 993.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

April 22, 1908

Syllabus by the Court.

The verdict was not without evidence to support it.

Grounds of a motion for a new trial dependent upon facts dehors the record will not be considered, unless approved or certified to be true by the presiding judge.

Error from City Court of Leesburg; H. L. Long, Judge.

Action between I. A. Wilson and R. W. Cobb. From the judgment, Wilson brings error. Affirmed.

Howell B. Simmons, for plaintiff in error.

J. R. Long, for defendant in error.

POWELL, J.

The original motion contains only the general grounds. The amendment contains several special grounds. The grounds of the amendment are not verified or approved by the trial judge. The following indorsement, signed by the judge, is not equivalent to an approval: "Read, considered, and allowed." Williams v. State, 120 Ga. 488, 48 S.E. 149; Sindy v. State, 120 Ga. 202, 47 S.E. 554; Jackson v. State, 116 Ga. 834, 43 S.E. 255.

Judgment affirmed.