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
- Smith v. HightowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cox v. GradySupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Griffith v. SellersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Freeman v. FranklinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933