Supreme Court of Georgia, 1902

Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Upshaw

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided June 9, 1902 · Simmons

115 Ga. 688; 42 S.E. 82; 1902 Ga. LEXIS 532

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Boston Insurance Co. v. Harmon (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)
Progressive Life Insurance v. Wallace (Ga. Ct. App. 1939)
Lane v. Williams (Ga. 1903)
Griffin v. State (Ga. 1902)

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Opinion of the Court

Simmons, C. J.

1. The document filed as a brief of the evidence shows clearly that there was no bona fide effort to brief the evidence as is required by the statute, and this court will not consider it. Equitable Mortgage Co. v. Bell, 115 Ga. 651.

2. No question is presented which can be decided without reference to the evidence, and the judgment of the court below must accordingly be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.

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