Legal Opinion
Nickle v. ARMSTRONG FURNITURE COMPANY INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 18, 1963No. 39873, 39874PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Judge.
It is contended that the two verdicts rendered by the same jury on the same facts in the actions are illegal, illogical, inconsistent, erroneous and conflicting.
While we do agree that the two verdicts are illogical, inconsistent and conflicting, we cannot find either of them to be illegal or erroneous oh the basis asserted in special ground 1. It is well settled in this State that, where two separate common-law actions brought by different plaintiffs against the same defendant are by consent tried together, this does not have the effect of merging the two cases into one, as the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Metropolitan St. R. R. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
- Brownlee v. BrownleeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Averitt v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Brown v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
3Cited by12 opinions
- White v. HammondCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Parzini v. Center Chemical Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Jarrett v. ParkerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Jordan v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Armstrong Furniture Co. v. NickleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
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