Fairburn Banking Co. v. Citizens Bank
Fairburn Banking Co. v. Citizens Bank
Opinion of the Court
1. Where, under a money-rule petition setting up equitable grounds of complaint, the issues are tried before the judge without a jury, and proof is made by affidavits and other documentary evidence, presented by each of the parties, a bill of exceptions assigning error upon the finding of the judge must incorporate such affidavits and" documentary evidence, or the same must be attached thereto as exhibits properly identified, or else be embraced in an approved brief of the.
2. Where both the- plaintiff and the defendant in such a proceeding go to trial before the judge and present in the manner indicated their proof upon the issues made by the pleadings, and the judge, withholding judgment, directs the filing of briefs therein, a party will not be heard to raise in such brief, for the first time, the contention that he is entitled to have the issues of fact presented to a jury for determination. Pelham Mfg. Co. v. Powell, 8 Ga. App. 38 (68 S. E. 519).
3. The judgment was supported by the proof submitted, and the judge was authorized to find that the previous levy on personal property had been accounted for.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Fairburn Banking Company v. Citizens Bank of East Point
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