Carter v. Geeseman

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Fulton county, setting aside the verdicts of a jury rendered in said cause and granting plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. There were eight plaintiffs in the cause; each seeking to recover damages either to person or property, which they claim were caused by the negligence of the defendant in the operation of his automobile. In his petition for leave to appeal the defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial and thereby deprived the defendant petitioner the benefit of a trial by jury. It is the…