Case Name: Whitfield-Baker Company v. Anderson
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-08-31
Citations: 147 Ga. 242
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whitfield-Baker Company v. Anderson.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 242–242

Head Matter:
Whitfield-Baker Company v. Anderson.
August 31, 1917.
Exceptions to auditor’s report. Before Judge Highsmith. Glynn superior court. June 8, 1916.
Bolling Whitfield, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Fish, C. J.
When exceptions of fact to the report of an auditor are submitted. to a jury, they must return a verdict on each exception seriatim. Civil Code, § 5146; Harris v. Lumpkin, 136 Ga. 47 (6), 52 (70 S. E. 869).
(а) In such a case a verdict as follows: "We the jury find in favor of the auditor's report and against the exceptions," was contrary to law and must be set aside. Kennedy v. Brand, 95 Ga. 539 (20 S. E. 631).
(б) Eailure of a party to object to the reception of such a verdict will not preclude him from subsequently attacking it.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.