Driskell v. Hardin

On exceptions to tlie first grant of a new trial,-the only-question that the appellate court will determine is whether the verdict was demanded by the evidence, and this, under the rulings, is true even though the trial judge may have specifically and in terms based his grant of a new trial on some other ground of the motion. Cox v. Grady, 132 Ga. 368, 370 (64 S. E. 262); Gresham v. Lee, 28 Ga. App. 576 (112 S. E. 524); Rowe Brothers Motor Express Co. v. Twiggs County, 152 Ga. 548 (110 S. E. 303). Accordingly, since it is conceded by the plaintiffs in error that the verdict in their favor was…