Appellees sued appellants for defamation. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellees. Appellants appeal from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict.
1. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in putting the case on the trial calendar over the objections that certain discovery was still pending and that there had been no pretrial conference. However, the record shows that before the case was tried, all discovery had been completed and a pretrial conference was held. Although Mrs. Sun was not present at that conference, Mr. Sun agreed to the trial of the case by a jury the next day. Trial was so ordered. “ ‘One cannot complain of a judgment, order, or ruling that his own procedure or conduct procured or aided in causing.’ [Cits.]”
Dodd v. Dodd,
2. Appellants
enumerate
as error the trial court’s denial of a mo
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tion for continuance. The record shows that, two days before the date for which the trial was scheduled, Mrs. Sun filed a motion alleging that, almost a month before, she had fled from her husband in fear for her safety. She requested a continuance “until such time as the court may deem proper.” The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for continuance on behalf of Mrs. Sun. See generally
Cavender v. Atkins,
3. Appellants’ third enumeration of error is abandoned. Court of Appeals Rule 15 (c) (2);
Ray v. Marietta Marine,
4. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motion to dismiss, motion for directed verdict, and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The record does not indicate that any motion to dismiss or motion for directed verdict was ever made. “[T]he burden of showing harmful error is on appellant, which he must do by the record, not by assertions appearing only in his brief or in his enumerations of error. [Cit.]”
Gibbs v. Browning,
5. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motion to sequester each of the appellees while the other testified. “The trial court has a wide discretion in administering the rule of sequestration of witnesses and . . . the rule generally does not apply where the witness is a party. [Cits.]”
Ross v. Rich’s, Inc.,
6. Appellants assert that the trial court erroneously failed to charge the jury on the issues raised by the evidence. They further assert that the jury was misled by the charge as a whole, in that it constituted an expression by the trial court of an opinion in favor of appellees. Several of appellants’ refused requests to charge were not relevant to the issues on trial and were thus properly refused. It is not error for the trial court to refuse a request to charge on principles of
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law not applicable to the case.
Grannemann v. Salley,
7. Appellants contend that, in several instances, testimony showing their ill will toward appellees was erroneously admitted into evidence. When appellees introduced the testimony of which appellants now complain, appellants either made no objection at all or made a different objection from that now urged on appeal. “ Tt is well established that objections to evidence cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. [Cit.]’ [Cit.]”
Merry Shipping Co. v. Sparks,
Judgment affirmed.