Hart v. Brooks

Carlisle, Judge.

1. While a brief of the evidence is not required for a consideration of grounds of motion for a new trial, the merits of which can be ascertained without reference to the evidence (Ga. L. 1947, p. 298; Code Ann. § 70-301.1), it is always essential in passing upon what are commonly referred to as the “general grounds” of a motion that the court consider the evidence. Accordingly, the first grant of a new trial by the trial judge on the ground that “the verdict was contrary to law and the principles of justice and equity” was illegal where the motion containing such ground was…