Case Name: Whelchel et al. v. Poor
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-10-30
Citations: 116 Ga. 426
Docket Number: 
Parties: Whelchel et al. v. Poor.
Judges: *All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 426–426

Head Matter:
Whelchel et al. v. Poor.
Argued October 7,
Decided October 30, 1902.
Motion for new trial. Before Judge Estes. Lumpkin superior-court. January 31,1902.
PL. LI. Dean, for plaintiffs in error.
Howard Thompson and Spencer B. Atkinson, contra.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
Where a motion for a new trial was made in term and an order was taken setting the case for a hearing on a particular day thereafter, and on that day another order was taken continuing the case until a named day (being the day on which court opened in another county) "to be heard the first week of court," and the motion for a new trial and the brief of evidence were riot presented to the judge until the week thereafter, no order having been taken to continue the case, the judge, under the decision made in Atlanta etc. Ry. Co. v. Strickland, 114 Ga. 998, had no jurisdiction to hear or determine the motion. As he assumed jurisdiction and granted a new trial, his judgment must be
Beversed.
*All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent.