Southern Railway Co. v. Leonard

The plaintiff recognizes that it is a settled principle of law that the first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed unless it is made to appear that the. verdict was the only one that legally could have been rendered under the law and the facts. It is insisted that a verdict for the plaintiff was demanded, and in the bill of exceptions assigning error on the judgment granting a new trial several grounds are set forth as a basis for the contention that the court erred; but before determining whether or not *578any of these grounds is meritorious, it is desirable to set forth substantially the…