Legal Opinion

Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. Cobb

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 24, 1906PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Littlejohn.' Dooly superior court. January 25, 1905.

1Opinion of the Court

I<Tsh, O. J.

This case is controlled by the well-settled rule, that where it does not appear that the verdict was demanded under the law and the evidence, the first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed, though based on a specified ground of the motion, without regard to the merit of such ground. Smith v. Hightower, 123 Ga. 110.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. HightowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cox v. GradySupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Griffith v. SellersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  3. Freeman v. FranklinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933