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Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Hamer

58 S.E. 54, 1 Ga. App. 673, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 74
CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
DecidedApril 25, 1907
Docket279
StatusPublished
Cited by32 cases

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Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Hamer, 58 S.E. 54, 1 Ga. App. 673, 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 74 (Ga. Ct. App. 1907).

Opinion

Powell, J.

1. Until the end of the term at which rendered, judgments are “in the breast of the court,” and may be set aside or modified at the judge’s discretion; but to set aside a final judgment based on a verdict, except for defects appearing on the face of the record, the verdict must also be set aside; and the verdict is not “within the breast of the court” in the sense that the judgment is. Ayer v. James, 120 Ga. 580; Jordan v. Tarver, 92 Ga. 379; Clark’s Cove Guano Co. v. Steed, Id. 440; Regopoulas v. State, 116 Ga. 596; Tietjen v. Merchant’s Bank, 117 Ga. 502.

2. Any motion to set aside a verdict, based on matters not appearing on the face of the record, is in effect a motion -for a new trial and is subject to all the rules of law governing such motions. Lucas v. Lucas, 30 Ga. 191, 206; Prescott v. Bennett, 50 Ga. 272; Hyfield v. Sims, 87 Ga. 282; McCrary v. Gano, 115 Ga. 296.

3. A brief of the evidence is an indispensable statutory requisite to a valid motion for a new trial. This is true even though the verdict be directed by the court, and even though the motion be based on grounds which do not require a consideration of the evidence. Moxley v. Georgia Ry. & Elec. Co., 122 Ga. 493; Mize v. Americus Mfg. & Imp. Co., 106 Ga. 140; Baker v. Johnson, 99 Ga. 374. Judgment reversed.

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