O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-10-168 (2019)

When postponement substituted for continuance

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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No continuance shall be granted in any of the courts in this state which have a continuous session for 30 days or more, over the objection of the adverse party, where the cause for the same can be obviated by a postponement to a later day during the term. It shall be the duty of the presiding judge, whenever a motion and a proper showing for a continuance are made by either party at any time, to set the case down for a later day during the same term if it is practicable thereby to avoid the continuance of the case.

History

Ga. L. 1893, p. 56, § 1; Civil Code 1895,

§ 5139; Civil Code 1910, § 5725; Code 1933, § 81-1420.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Continuance, § 1. C.J.S. 17 C.J.S., Continuances, § 2. ALR. Time during or after civil trial at which

court may entertain, or properly grant or deny, motion for continuance of trial, 112 A.L.R. 395.