116 Ga. 798
Decided December 12, 1902
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1902-12-12
<p>Motion to dismiss the writ of error.</p>
Relies on Johnson v. State · Speer v. O. P. Merryman & Co. · Cook v. Banks
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Decided 1902-12-12
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 1974
13 state decisions
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¶1A paper purporting to be a bill of exceptions, but not signed by the plaintiff in error or bis counsel when certified by the trial judge, is not a legal bill of exceptions, and can not, over objection, be amended in the Supreme Court by attaching counsel’s name thereto. Upon motion, it will be dismissed. Civil Code, § 5527 ; Speer v. Merryman, 56 Ga. 529; Wellborn v. Railroad Co., 92 Ga. 577; Cook v. Banks, 95 Ga. 229.
¶2Writ of error dismissed.