Massey v. Allen
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Verdict. Discretion'. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1872. For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
1. This was a motion for a new trial in a case in which a verdict had been rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant, on the ground that the defendant had been informed that the presiding judge had given public notice to all parties in cases that were litigated, that ' they need not attend the Court on the day when the verdict was taken against him, and in consequence of such information the defendant was absent, and did not expect his case to be called while the Court was engaged *in calling cases not litigated ; that the plaintiff’s counsel called the…
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