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Strickland v. Boswell

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 10, 1980
274 S.E.2d 769 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)

Opinion

60305.

SUBMITTED JULY 2, 1980.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 10, 1980.

Employment contract. Lowndes Superior Court. Before Judge Elliott.

A. W. Touchton, for appellant.

Jack W. Carter, for appellee.


Appellant brought an action in which he prayed for $3,000 in damages. It is unclear from the complaint whether the action sounds in tort or contract. The trial court directed a verdict against appellant, holding "that the evidence unobjected to by the plaintiff which was brought out during the course of said trial showed that the breach of duty alleged on the part of John S. Boswell, Sr. was more than four (4) years prior to the time of filing the complaint ..." Appellant contends the six-year limitation of Code § 3-705 is controlling and, therefore, his claim is not barred.

"No transcript of the evidence is in the record ... The only evidence that appears in the record is documentary and is not sufficient to determine [the issue presented in this case].

"Since the necessary evidence was not brought to this court by any of the methods of Code Ann. § 6-805 (Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 24), the judgment of the trial court cannot be reviewed. See Jenkins v. Jenkins, 231 Ga. 371 ( 202 S.E.2d 52)." Nicholson v. Nicholson, 231 Ga. 760, 761 ( 204 S.E.2d 292) (1974). "[I]n the absence of the transcript of the evidence ... [we cannot] make a determination that the trial court erred or did not err. We, accordingly, must affirm. See Webb v. Jones, 221 Ga. 754 ( 146 S.E.2d 910); Ward v. National Dairy Products Corp., 224 Ga. 241 ( 161 S.E.2d 305)." Puckett v. Nettles, 131 Ga. App. 3 ( 205 S.E.2d 28) (1974).

Judgment affirmed. McMurray, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.

SUBMITTED JULY 2, 1980 — DECIDED NOVEMBER 10, 1980.


Summaries of

Strickland v. Boswell

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 10, 1980
274 S.E.2d 769 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)
Case details for

Strickland v. Boswell

Case Details

Full title:STRICKLAND v. BOSWELL

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 10, 1980

Citations

274 S.E.2d 769 (Ga. Ct. App. 1980)
274 S.E.2d 769