Williams v. Tribble, 140 Ga. App. 390

Clark, Judge.

“On direct examination, to afford a basis for the assertion of error, ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‍it must appear that a pertinent question was asked, that the court ruled out an answer, that a statement was made to the court at the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‍time showing what the answer would be, and that such testimony was material and would have benefited the complaining party. Barron v. Barron, 185 Ga. 346 (194 SE 905); Rainey ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‍v. Moon, 187 Ga. 712, 718 (2 SE2d 405); Page v. Brown, 192 Ga. 398, 401 (15 SE2d 506).” Foster v. National Ideal Co., 119 Ga. App. 773 (1) (168 SE2d ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‍872). Application of that established evidentiary rule requires us to affirm the trial court’s action in sustaining the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict upon the ‍​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‍evidence contained in the trial transcript.

Judgment affirmed.

Bell, C. J., and Stolz, J., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Williams v. Tribble

Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date Published: Oct 18, 1976

Citations: 140 Ga. App. 390; 231 S.E.2d 86; 1976 Ga. App. LEXIS 1489; 52843

Docket Number: 52843

Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.