Morgan v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. New Trial. Before Judge Adams. Effingham Superior Court. November Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Had this been the first grant of a new trial, it is conceded that there could have been no reason for interfering with the judgment ordering it because of any abuse of discretion on the part of the judge who presided in the case ; but inasmuch as it is the second verdict in favor of the plaintiff, it is contended that the court had no right to set it aside, upon the ground that it was decidedly and strongly against the weight of evidence, if there was any testimony, however slight, to authorize it. Had this assumption been true, the conclusion insisted on would have followed,…
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