Beeler v. Walters

G-eorge Bose Smith, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries suffered by the appellee in a traffic accident in downtown Little Bock. The jury’s verdict was for the defendant, but the trial judge set the verdict aside and ordered a new trial. This appeal is from that order, as the statute permits. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 27-2101 (Supp. 1965).

In a case of this kind we sustain the trial court’s order unless the verdict is so clearly supported by the preponderance of the evidence as to indicate an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial judge. Koonce v. Owens, 236 Ark. 379, 366 S. W. 2d 196…