O.C.G.A. § 5-6-50 (2019)
Procedure provided by article supersedes former appellate procedure
The procedure provided in this article shall serve all purposes which a bill of exceptions or writ of error has served in the past; and, where under any law of force in this state provision is made for the taking of writs of error or bills of exception, the procedure prescribed in this article shall be deemed to apply in lieu thereof as to the procedure and as to all time requirements.
History
(Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 19.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Judgments traditionally reviewable under writ of error are reviewable under notice of appeal. - Basically whatever judgments were traditionally reviewable as being final a judgment under a writ of error are reviewable under a notice of appeal. Crowe v. Holloway Dev. Corp., 114 Ga. App. 856, 152 S.E.2d 913 (1966). Cited in Bishop v. Lamkin, 221 Ga. 691, 146 S.E.2d 769 (1966); Peters v. Liberty
Mut. Ins. Co., 113 Ga. App. 41, 147 S.E.2d 26 (1966); Travelers Ins. Co. v. Merritt, 124 Ga. App. 42, 183 S.E.2d 73 (1971); Rucker v. State, 124 Ga. App. 491, 184 S.E.2d 228 (1971); Milam v. Housing Auth., 129 Ga. App. 188, 199 S.E.2d 107 (1973); State v. Eubanks, 239 Ga. 483, 238 S.E.2d 38 (1977); Middle Ga. Bank v. Continental Real Estate & Assocs., 168 Ga. App. 611, 309 S.E.2d 893 (1983).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms. - 2 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Appeal and Error, § 2.