Turner v. Masonic Relief Ass'n

The plaintiff in the municipal court of Atlanta obtained a verdict and judgment against the Masonic Belief Association. A motion for new trial was overruled by the trial judge. An appeal was taken to the appellate division of the municipal court, assigning error upon that ruling. A new trial was granted by the appellate division, and the plaintiff excepted.

The defendant insists that the evidence demanded a verdict in its favor, or that a verdict for the plaintiff was without any evidence to support it; also that the appellate division of the municipal court had the power to grant a new trial…