Petty v. Complete Auto Transit, Inc.

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

These three cases were transferred to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeals in compliance with Code (Ann.) § 2-3708 (Const., art. 6, sec. 2, par. 8) after that court was equally divided as to the judgments that should be rendered; Judges Carlisle, Quillian, and Nichols, being for affirmance, and Felton, Gardner, and Townsend, for reversal. The questions in all three cases are the same and involve the dismissal of motions for new trials and the striking of so-called motions to set aside the verdicts and judgments. All three cases evolve out of the same facts and…