Legal Opinion
Smith v. Williamson & Sons Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 27, 1931No. 21167PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. The petition as amended set forth a cause of action.
2. A judgment of the superior court sustaining a certiorari for the first time is “equivalent to the first grant of a new trial;” and where a verdict is not demanded by the evidence, the judgment sustaining the certiorari and granting a new trial should be affirmed. Murray v. Stribling, 28 Ga. App. 211 (110 S. E. 761) ; Nickajack Milling &c. Co. v. International Vegetable Oil Co., 26 Ga. App. 473 (106 S. E. 300); Gresham v. Lee, 28 Ga. App. 576, 580 (112 S. E. 524), and citations. However, when the final determination of a case tried in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Holmes v. Pye & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Patterson v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Gresham v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
- Nickajack Milling & Grain Co. v. International Vegetable Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
- Murray v. StriblingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tyler v. National Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Deaton v. TaliaferroCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- Arnold v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
- McWhorter v. SteinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Jarius Mann v. City of Atlanta, GaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
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