Case Name: Ellis et al. v. Union Savings Bank and Trust Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-04-30
Citations: 115 Ga. 458
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ellis et al. v. Union Savings Bank and Trust Company.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 458–458

Head Matter:
Ellis et al. v. Union Savings Bank and Trust Company.
Submitted Marcli 1,
Decided April 30, 1902.
Complaint. Before Judge Nottingham. City court of Macon. May 11, 1901.
Roland Ellis and Washington Dessau, for plaintiffs in error.
Steed & Ryals and Bacon, Miller <& Brunson, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. Where a ground of a motion fora new trial, assigning error upon a ruling of the court in excluding testimony, does not set forth, either literally or in substance, the testimony excluded, and the same is not attached to the motion as an exhibit, such ground can not be considered. Waldrop v. Wolff, 114 Ga. 610, and cit.
2. The rule above announced is applicable in a case where the ground of the motion alleges that " the court erred in ruling out the testimony of defendants [naming three persons] relating to the agreement between " them and another; " said testimony embracing all the testimony of said [defendants] as set out in the brief of evidence herewith filed."
3. Under the evidence admitted a verdict for the plaintiff was demanded, and there was no error in directing the jury so to find.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.