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Mays v. WilsonMays v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Georgia
Apr 15, 1914
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Hill
Hill, J.

1. A ground of a motion for a new trial because of newly discovered ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‍evidence is without merit where no affidavits of the alleged newly discovered witnesses are attached to the motion, though referred to in the ground thereof, and where there is ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‍no affidavit as to the character, credibility, etc., of such witnesses, and the affidavit of the movant and his counsel as to diligence merely states the conclusion that they ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‍could not have discovered the alleged new evidence by the use of ordinary diligence.

2. Where, on the trial of a claim case, the judge in his instructions to ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‍the jury covered the issues, it is not cause for a new trial that he did not more fully adapt his language to the facts of the case, in ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‍the absence of a special request in writing so to do.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Mays v. Wilson
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Apr 15, 1914
Citations: 141 Ga. 523; 81 S.E. 440; 1914 Ga. LEXIS 28
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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