107 Ga. 77 | Ga. | 1899
Mary S. Mather brought suit in the superior court of Crawford county.against Ella Hicks, to recover a tract of land situated in that county. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, she excepted. The first three grounds of the mo
The fifth ground of the motion for a new trial was as follows : “ Because the court erred in admitting, over objection of defendant, the evidence of O. A. Coleman, that the loan was not made by the Georgia Loan & Trust Company; the ground of objection being that the papers, note and deed, showed that the loan was made by the Georgia Loan & Trust Company, .and that the plaintiff was estopped from denying it, and that parol testimony was inadmissible to contradict it.” The sixth ground was as follows: “Because the court erred in admitting, over defendant’s objection, the evidence of O. A. Coleman as to the intention of the Georgia Loan & Trust Company to exact usury in dating the papers back; the ground of objection being that the question of intention was for the jury, and that the witness could only state the facts and it was the province of the jury to find the intention.” It can be seen at a .glance that these two grounds of the motion, standing alone, present no question which can be dealt with by the court. It may be that a search through the brief of evidence, or other parts of the record, would enable us to ascertain what assignment of error is intended to be made; but, according to the repeated rulings of this court, we will not do this. Assignments •of error either in motions for new trials or bills of exceptions must be sufficiently clear and distinct that the questions presented can be decided without reference to the other parts of the record. One of the more -recent rulings to this effect was made in the case of Herz v. Claflin, 101 Ga. 615.
The charges complained of were not erroneous. The case upon its merits is controlled by the decisions of this court in Hughes v. Griswold, 82 Ga. 299, and Stansell v. Georgia Loan & Trust Company, 96 Ga. 227.
Judgment'affirmed.