Case Name: BRAZIEL v. HUNTER, By Next Friend
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1961-04-10
Citations: 103 Ga. App. 854
Docket Number: 38720
Parties: BRAZIEL v. HUNTER, By Next Friend.
Judges: All the Judges concur, except Felton, C. J., Bélll Hall and Eberhardt, JJ., who dissent.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 854–857

Head Matter:
38720.
BRAZIEL v. HUNTER, By Next Friend.

Opinion:
Nichols, Judge.
1. "In all applications for a new trial the opposite party shall be served with a copy of the rule nisi, unless such copy is waived." Code § 70-306; McMullen v. Citizens Bank, 123 Ga. 400 (1) (51 S. E. 342); Smedley v. Williams, 112 Ga. 114 (37 S. E. 111).
2. Personal service is required where service of the rule nisi, in connection with the motion for new trial, is not waived. Jones v. Fox, 49 Ga. App. 573 (176 S. E. 530); Petty v. Complete Auto Transit, Inc., 215 Ga. 66 (3) (108 S. E. 2d 697).
3. A judgment dismissing a motion for new trial, on motion of the respondent made at the time set for hearing, is not an abuse of the trial court's discretion where there has been no personal service on the respondent or any waiver of such service.
Decided April 10, 1961
Rehearing denied June 15, 1961.
Smith, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hancock, James B. Hiers, Jr., W. P. Wilbanks, Jr., for plaintiff in error.
Merritt & Pruitt, J. Ray Merritt, contra.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Judges concur, except Felton, C. J., Bélll Hall and Eberhardt, JJ., who dissent.