Bell v. Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

1. “A motion for a new trial is a means of seeking to have a retrial or re-examination, in the *445same court, of an issue of fact, or of some part or portion thereof, after decision by a jury, report of a referee, or a decision by the court thereon. It is an application for a retrial of the facts of the case. 2. Thomp. Trials, § 2708; Castellaw v. Blanchard, 106 Ga. 97 (31 SE 801); 5 Words & Phrases, 4788 et seq.” Buchanan v. James, 134 Ga. 475 (1) (68 SE 72).

Decided March 4, 1963. F¡. II. Stanford, for plaintiffs in error. W. M. Mathews, Jr., contra.

2. “The grant of a…