Mayor of Athens v. Peeler

The plaintiff recovered a verdict against the City of Athens for personal injuries received by her while passing through a bridge erected and maintained in one of its streets over the Oconee river; and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. Besides the usual general grounds, the plaintiff in error insists that a new trial should have been granted because rf newly discovered evidence. There was some evidence to support, *380the verdict, and it is therefore only necessary for this court to examine the alleged newly discovered testimony, to determine if it is of such character as…