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Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 22, 1963
129 S.E.2d 580 (Ga. Ct. App. 1963)

Opinion

39844.

DECIDED JANUARY 22, 1963.

Driving U. I. Hall City Court. Before Judge Blackshear.

John N. Crudup, for plaintiff in error.

C. E. Smith, Jr., Solicitor, contra.


Where as here the trial judge's certificate to the bill of exceptions does not unqualifiedly approve it as being true but undertakes to enumerate the particulars in which he contends it is untrue, such certificate "is absolutely void, and, in legal potency and effect in the creation of a writ of error, amounts to no more than a refusal by the judge to affix his name to the certificate which constitutes a writ of error." Barker v. Peoples Loan c. Co., 178 Ga. 464 (2) ( 173 S.E. 704). At most it is a certificate approving the bill of exceptions as true in part and untrue in part. See Youmans v. Consumers Financing Corp., 80 Ga. App. 676 ( 57 S.E.2d 238); Clyde v. State, 97 Ga. App. 493 ( 103 S.E.2d 448). Accordingly, the motion to dismiss the writ of error must be granted.

Writ of error dismissed. Frankum and Jordan, JJ., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 22, 1963.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 22, 1963
129 S.E.2d 580 (Ga. Ct. App. 1963)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:SMITH v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 22, 1963

Citations

129 S.E.2d 580 (Ga. Ct. App. 1963)
129 S.E.2d 580