Court Opinion

ID: 9594441
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Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:30:04.889915+00
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Banke, Presiding Judge.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages allegedly incurred when she purchased a house in reliance upon a written warranty issued by the defendant (the owner of a pest control company) stating as follows: “We have made a careful visual inspection of all accessible areas of the property . . . including sounding of accessible structural members and there is no evidence of termite or other wood destroying insect infestation, and if such infestation previously existed it has now been eliminated and any visible damage due to such infestation that renders the wood unserviceable has been corrected. This certification shall be warranted for a period of three months. Any infestation or reinfestation during the warranty period shall be eliminated by the certifying exterminator at no cost to the purchaser.” The plaintiff alleged that this certification was incorrect in that there was in fact visible evidence of termite or other wood destroying insect infestation, and the visible damage due to such infestation had not been corrected.
The defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, based on an affidavit in which he averred that the plaintiff had not properly notified him of any problems to which the warranty pertained. The trial court denied the motion, and the case proceeded to jury trial. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant appeals the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:
1. The defendant enumerates as error the denial of his motion to dismiss, which was properly treated by the trial court as a motion for summary judgment since it was based on matters outside the pleadings. See generally OCGA § 9-11-56; Kiker v. Hefner, 119 Ga. App. 629 (1) (168 SE2d 637) (1969). “Where a motion for summary judgment is overruled and the case is tried, the appellate courts will review the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict as well as *434enumerations of alleged trial errors, but will not also review the denial of the motion for summary judgment.” Drillers Service v. Moody, 242 Ga. 123, 124 (1) (249 SE2d 607) (1978).
Decided May 15, 1984
Rehearing denied June 29, 1984
Joel A. Willis, Jr., for appellant.
Austin J. Kemp II, for appellee.
2. The defendant enumerates as error the refusal of the trial court to admit into evidence the sales contract between the plaintiff and the person who sold her the house in question. The contract is alleged to have been relevant to show that the seller of the house was only obligated to provide the plaintiff with a certification that the premises were presently clear of termites. Even assuming arguendo that such a showing would have been relevant to any issue in the case, we are unable to review this enumeration of error since the record does not contain a copy of the contract. “Exhibits attached to an appellate brief but not appearing in the record transmitted by the trial court cannot be considered by this court and offer no basis for reversal.” Taylor v. Bentley, 166 Ga. App. 887 (305 SE2d 617) (1983).
3. The appellant further contends that the trial court erred in charging the jury on negligence in that the pleadings and evidence did not support such a charge. However, no such objection was made in the trial court, nor can any of the objections which were made reasonably be interpreted as raising a contention that there was no evidence which would authorize a verdict based upon negligence. Accordingly, this enumeration of error is without merit. See generally OCGA § 5-5-24; Christiansen v. Robertson, 237 Ga. 711 (229 SE2d 472) (1976).
4. Finally, the defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial. However, no argument or citation of authority was supplied in the defendant’s original brief in support of this enumeration of error; and, consequently, it is deemed abandoned pursuant to Rule 15 (c) (2) of this court. “[A] supplemental brief does not resurrect from abandonment enumerations [of error] not addressed in the initial brief. (Cits.)” McKinney v. South Boston Savings Bank, 156 Ga. App. 114, 116 (274 SE2d 34) (1980).

Judgment affirmed.

Benham, J., concurs. Pope, J., concurs specially.