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Ford v. Harden

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 10, 1956
94 S.E.2d 720 (Ga. 1956)

Opinion

19447.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 10, 1956.

DECIDED OCTOBER 10, 1956.

Action on contract. Before Judge Edwards. Franklin Superior Court. May 31, 1956.

Rupert A. Brown, Ben F. Cheek, R. Howard Gordon, for plaintiff in error.

Johnson Johnson, R. U. Harden, Marshall L. Allison, contra.


Where, as in this case, the petition was in two counts, in which the prayer was for a money judgment in a stated amount in the first count, and for reformation of a contract and for the stated amount in count two, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum sued for and the judgment followed the verdict, the prayer for reformation was not granted, hence the Court of Appeals and not this court has jurisdiction of the writ of error; the exception being to the failure to grant a motion for new trial in which the jury returned a verdict for a money judgment, and the writ of error must be

Transferred to the Court of Appeals. All the Justices concur, except Wyatt, P. J., not participating.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 10, 1956 — DECIDED OCTOBER 10, 1956.


Summaries of

Ford v. Harden

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 10, 1956
94 S.E.2d 720 (Ga. 1956)
Case details for

Ford v. Harden

Case Details

Full title:FORD v. HARDEN

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Oct 10, 1956

Citations

94 S.E.2d 720 (Ga. 1956)
94 S.E.2d 720

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