Brewer v. New England Mortgage Security Co.
130 Ga. 761 | Ga. | 1908
Under tlie facts disclosed by the record and which.are summarized in the official report, there was no abuse of discretion in refusing to continue the hearing of the motion for new trial on account of the illness of movant’s counsel, nor upon the ground that counsel had not had sufficient notice of the time and place of hearing. Nor was it an abuse of discretion for the trial judge to dismiss the motion for new trial upon the ground that no legal brief of evidence had been presented for approval. See, in this connection, Civil Code, §§5484-5; Lambert Hoisting Engine Co. v. Bray, 127 Ga. 452 (56 S. E. 513) ; Newman v. Malsby, 99 Ga. 627 (25 S. E. 851).
Judgment affirmed.