Case Name: Usry vs. Phillips
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1882-02
Citations: 68 Ga. 815
Docket Number: 
Parties: Usry vs. Phillips.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 815–816

Head Matter:
Usry vs. Phillips.
Where the movant in a motion for new .trial departs from the strict law, and enters into a consent order to file a brief of evidence within thirty days and to have the motion heard at a specified time in vacation, time is of the' essence of the contract. To file a brief neither agreed upon nor approved is not a compliance witn the order ; and upon the call of such motion for hearing, it will be dismissed on motion. 49 Rule of Court; Pease vs. Pease, September Term, 1881.

Opinion:
Speer, Justice.
[A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, and defendant moved for a new trial. He took an order " that the de fendant be allowed thirty days to file a brief of evidence with the clerk of the court, and the same be heard at Warren superior court." A brief of evidence was filed within thirty days. When the motion for new trial was called for a hearing, on motion it was dismissed on this ground, and error was alleged thereon.]