Bailey v. Lloyd

The appellant has failed to make the strong showing which is required of her to persuade this Court to reverse the trial judge’s order granting a new trial. The granting or denying of motion for a new trial rests in the sound judicial discretion of the trial judge and a presumption of correctness attaches to his order. -

We have repeatedly held that it requires a much stronger showing to reverse the trial judge when he has granted a motion for new trial than it does to reverse his order when it is one denying a new trial.

Affirmed upon authority of Mead v. Bentley, Fla. 61 So.2d 428, Martin v.…