Legal Opinion
Ferry & Co. v. Mattox & Turner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 1, 1903PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Certiorari. Before Judge Holden. Elbert superior court. September 12, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
Where the verdict rendered in a justice’s court was not demanded by the law and the evidence, the Supreme Court will not interfere with the first grant of a new trial upon a petition for certiorari containing general grounds, when it does not appear that the certiorari was sustained and the new trial granted upon any special ground. Cox v. Snell, 77 Ga. 469; Savannah Railway v. Fennell, 100 Ga. 474; Boggs Plow Co. v. Biggers, 105 Ga. 471.
Judgment affirmed.
By five Justices.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railway v. FennellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Cox v. SnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Boggs Plow Co. v. BiggersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
3Cited by6 opinions
- Weathersby v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Sellers v. McNairCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- L. & N. R. R. v. Massie's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Johns v. McBrideCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
- Gresham v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
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