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Sweat v. Ehrensperger
213 Ga. 772
Ga.
1958
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Almand, Justice.

The bill of exceptions assigns error on the denial of motions for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, in an action wherein the plaintiff recovered a money judgment upon a petition seeking damages for a trespass on land which the plaintiff alleged he owned, in which action the defendant sought no affirmative relief. *773Title to land being only incidentally involved and the action being solely one to recover damages for trespass to land, the Court of Appeals and not this court has jurisdiction to review this case. Code (Ann.) § 2-3704; Powell v. Cheshire, 70 Ga. 357 (48 Am. R. 572); Williams v. Aycock, 180 Ga. 570 (179 S. E. 770).

Submitted January 14, 1958 Decided January 22, 1958. Memory, Barnes & Memory, for plaintiffs in error. Francis Houston, Lee 8. Purdom, contra. Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Sweat v. Ehrensperger
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 22, 1958
Citation: 213 Ga. 772
Docket Number: 19950
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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