Able v. Young

This case aro,se out of a collision between automobiles at an intersection in the City of Columbia. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the trial judge granted a new trial, quoting fropi the order, “on the ground that the verdict is contrary to the greater weight of the evidence and on the basis that justice was not accomplished in this case and that it should be tried again before another jury. ... I hesitate to set aside the verdict of the jury, but I am convinced that this is ope of the rare cases in which I, as the Trial Judge, should exercise my authority as the thirteenth…