Legal Opinion

Locklear v. Morgan

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 20, 1973No. 48451PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Stolz, Judge.

Defendants appeal from verdicts and judgments for the plaintiffs in this suit for damages tried in the Superior Court of Catoosa County. Held:

1. Enumerations of error 1 and 2, based on the general grounds that the verdicts are contrary to law and to the evidence, are not meritorious.

2. Enumerations of error 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 complain of the ex-cessiveness of the verdicts. A review of the evidence does not sustain the defendants’ contentions. While the verdicts may have been large, the court cannot say that as a matter of law they were the result of gross mistake and undue bias, or…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
  2. Mitchum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  3. Georgia Power Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  5. Augusta & Summerville Railroad v. Randall & WifeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Union Camp Corp. v. DaleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  2. Harrison v. LawhorneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Hunter v. HardnettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  4. Williams v. CalhounCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Dawes Mining Co. v. CallahanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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