Williams v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages — certiorari. Before Judge Candler. DeKalb superior court. February term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. The superior court has a discretion in passing upon the sufficiency of evidence relied upon to support a verdict rendered in an inferior judicatory, and brought up for review upon certiorari. That discretion was not in the present case abused, the evidence on the trial in the city court being decidedly conflicting, and the superior court “upon a careful consideration of the record [being] satisfied that the ends of justice required a new trial.”
2. This court will not reverse a judgment in a certiorari case, remanding the same for a new trial, merely because in so doing the superior court…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Buice v. BuiceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900