Home Insurance v. Cook

1. By the terms of Code § 6-1608, “The first grant of a new trial shall not be disturbed by the appellate court, unless the plaintiff in error shall show that the judge abused his discretion in granting it, and that the law and facts require the verdict notwithstanding the judgment of the presiding judge.”

2. “The agreed price of property as stated in a contract of sale is not evidence of the value of the property in a trover suit against one who was not a party to the contract of sale.” Downs v. Berryman, 24 Ga. App. 170 (2) (100 S. E. 226).

*140Decided June 17, 1957 Rehearing denied June 26,…