Ash v. Higgins

Full title: ASH v. HIGGINS

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 28, 1947

41 S.E.2d 270 (Ga. Ct. App. 1947)

41 S.E.2d 270

Opinion

31456.

DECIDED JANUARY 28, 1947.

Processioning; from Lumpkin Superior Court — Judge Sloan. September 21, 1946.

H. T. Oliver, H. T. Oliver Jr., for plaintiff in error.

J. F. Pruitt, E. C. Brannon, contra.

MacINTYRE, J.

A judgment granting a first new trial will not be reversed unless the evidence and the law demanded the verdict. Code § 6-1608; Macon Consolidated Street R. Co. v. Jones, 116 Ga. 351 ( 42 S.E. 468); Williams v. Rowe, 26 Ga. App. 391 ( 106 S.E. 299); Tomlin v. Ga. Power Co., 68 Ga. App. 412 ( 23 S.E.2d 92).

Judgment affirmed. Broyles, C. J., and Gardner, J., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 28, 1947.