125 Ga. 775 | Ga. | 1906
(After stating the facts.) In Newberry v. Tenant, 121 Ga. 561, it was held that “A direct bill of exceptions to a ruling made pendente lite, which does not assign error upon any final judgment, will not be entertained by this court.” This decision was concurred in by all six Justices, and can not be reversed except by a concurrence of the entire bench. It was followed in Montgomery v. Reynolds, 124 Ga. 1053. The ruling dates back as far as the decision in Harrell v. Tift, 70 Ga. 730. Whether an exception to the verdict would suffice is not in question.
It is asked that we review these and other similar decisions and reverse them. If it were desired so to do, there being five Justices now present, one member of the court being absent on account of providential cause, this could not be done in the present case. But aside from this, it is not determined that the concurrence of the entire bench could be had, if all were present.
As this view controls the application and results in a denial of a
Mandamus absolute denied.