Legal Opinion
Cox v. Martin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 30, 1947No. 2 Div. 232PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
This appeal is to review the order of the trial court granting the proponent (appellee) a new trial in a will contest in the circuit court.
The order granting the new trial was rested on no specific ground and if any good ground appears, including that the verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence, the judgment will be sustained on appeal. W. M. Templeton & Son v. David, 233 Ala. 616, 173 So. 231; Cook v. Sheffield Co., 206 Ala. 625, 91 So. 473.
In the form the ruling is here presented, no meritorious ground in the motion appears except that the verdict was contrary to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tucker v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Carraway v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- W. M. Templeton & Son v. DavidSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Pritchard v. FowlerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Schaeffer v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Shepherd v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Sibley v. OdumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- King v. AirdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Mullinax v. HufhamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Stanley v. KelleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
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