McFarland v. Bradley

Issues of fact arising at the trial are for the decision of the jury under proper instructions from the court. All the contentions of the plaintiff under the general grounds resolve themselves into issues of fact only, and this court is without authority to overrule, on the general grounds, a verdict supported by some evidence and approved by the trial judge, even though the evidence would have authorized the jury to have found a contrary verdict.

Special ground 1 of the amended motion for a new trial assigns error as follows: “Because the court erred in charging the jury as to the duty of a…