Court Opinion

ID: 9623179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:28:53.093827+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:05:25.581726
License: Public Domain

Felton, Justice,
dissenting. Subsection (d) of Code Ann. § 6-809, added by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1072, provides in part as follows: “Where it is apparent from the notice of appeal, the record, the enumeration of errors, or any combination of the foregoing, what judgment or judgments were appealed from or what errors are sought to be asserted upon appeal, the appeal shall be considered in accordance therewith notwithstanding that the notice of appeal fails to specify definitely the judgment appealed from or that the enumeration of errors fails to enumerate clearly the errors sought to be reviewed.” (Emphasis supplied.) Since there is but one final judgment in this record, i.e., the judgment on the verdict, and since the enumeration of errors *549specifies the overruling of the amended motion for new trial, it is apparent that the appeal is from the judgment on the verdict and that the grounds of the appeal are those contained in the amended motion for new trial, the order overruling which being reviewable under the provisions of Code Ann. § 6-701 (b) (Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, as amended).
Instead of dismissing, I would decide the case on the merits in accordance with the clear legislative intent of the Appellate Practice Act, as expressed in Code Ann. § 6-905 (Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 40) and § 6-809. See also Brackett v. Allison, 119 Ga. App. 632 (1) (168 SE2d 611).