185 Ga. 355 | Ga. | 1938
A motion to dismiss the writ of error was filed. Since it appears that the motion is well taken and must be sustained, the following statement will be limited to the facts which are pertinent to that question.
Jack Babhan filed a suit against the Union Central Life Insurance Company, and against Morris Babhan, who is the sole complainant in this court and who is designated herein as the defendant. The court overruled the general grounds of a demurrer, and dismissed the answer filed by the defendant. To these orders the defendant excepted pendente lite. On the trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, on which a decree was entered. The defendant brought the case to this court, assigning error only, upon the exceptions pendente lite, and without even specifying the verdict and decree as material portions of the record, it being alleged that they are not necessary to a clear understanding of the errors complained of. The defendant in error moved to dismiss the writ of error, on the ground, among others, that the bill of exceptions fails to assign error upon a final judgment. In response to this motion, the plaintiff in error moved to amend the bill of exceptions by specifying the verdict and decree, and by assigning error on each upon the ground that they were erroneous because of the alleged antecedent errors in overruling the demurrers and striking the answer. The plaintiff in error also filed a request for an order from this court directing the clerk of the trial court to send up certified copies of the verdict and the decree. The defendant in error filed objections to the motion to amend and to the request for additional record.
“No cause shall be carried to the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals upon any bill of exceptions while the same is pending in the court below, unless the decision or judgment complained of, if it had been rendered as claimed by the plaintiff in error, would have been a final disposition of the cause or final as to some material party thereto.” Code, § 6-701. “The plaintiff in error shall
The motion to amend the bill of exceptions, and the request for an order requiring additional record, must be denied, and the motion to dismiss is sustained.
Writ of error dismissed.