2021 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 10 - Civil Practice and Procedure Generally
Article 7 - Continuances
§ 9-10-158. Continuance to Enable Opposite Party to Meet Amendment; When Charged to Amending Party
When a pleading is amended, if the opposite party makes oath or his counsel states in his place that he is surprised and not fully prepared for trial because of the amendment, upon a showing of the manner of unpreparedness and that surprise is not claimed for the purpose of delay, the case may be continued and the continuance charged to the amending party.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3450; Code 1868, § 3470; Code 1873, § 3521; Code 1882, § 3521; Civil Code 1895, § 5128; Civil Code 1910, § 5714; Code 1933, § 81-1409.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Continuance, §§ 5, 7, 22 et seq., 37.
C.J.S.- 17 C.J.S., Continuances, § 31.
ALR.
- Refusal of continuance in criminal trial, asked for on account of occurrences during trial, as abuse of discretion, 5 A.L.R. 914.
Party litigant's absence in civil case because of illness of relative or member of family, as ground for continuance, 47 A.L.R.2d 1058.
Amendment of pleading before trial with respect to amount or nature of relief sought as ground for continuance, 56 A.L.R.2d 650.
