Social Circle Cotton Mill Co. v. Ransom

1. Applications for a new trial on the ground <~f newly discovered evidence are not favored by the courts (Burge *606v. State, 133 Ga. 431, 66 S. E. 243), and a new trial will not be granted on such a ground where it appears- that the alleged newly discovered evidence tends merely to impeach a witness for the plaintiff. Civil Code, § 6086; Bragg v. State, 15 Ga. App. 368 (83 S. E. 274); Williams v. State, 138 Ga. 825 (76 S. E. 347); Wimms v. State, 135 Ga. 659 (70 S. E. 254); Bowers v. State, 135 Ga. 310 (69 S. E. 536), and numerous other cases. The trial judge did not abuse his discretion in…