Georgia Court of Appeals, 1912

Chance v. Southern Railway Co.

Chance v. Southern Railway Co.
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided March 6, 1912 · Hill, Pottle
10 Ga. App. 702; 73 S.E. 1076; 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 656

Chance v. Southern Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Pottle, J.

1. Where a motion for a new trial was dismissed, and subsequently an order was passed vacating the dismissal and reinstating the motion, and where thereafter the motion was overruled and this last judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeals, and a new trial ordered, the respondent in the motion can not, on the second -trial of the ease, by a motion to “dismiss the case,” for the first time call in. question the validity of the order reinstating the motion.

2. The evidence in the present record being substantially different from that introduced on the former trial (Southern Ry. Co. v. Chance, 7 Ga. App. 650, 67 S. E. 836), and there being evidence on the present trial which was not introduced on the first trial, from which the jury could find that the noise made by the engine was both unusual and unnecessary, a nonsuit should not have been granted.

Judgmeni reversed.

Dissenting Opinion

Hill, C. J.,

dissenting. I do not think that the plaintiff materially strengthened his case by the additional evidence as to the character of the noise made by the engine; and, in my opinion, the present ease is controlled by the prior decision of this court.

Action for damages; from city court of Carrollton — Judge Beall.September 14, 1911. C. E. Roop, S. Holderness, for plaintiff. Maddox, McCamy & Shumate, S. J. & B. F. Boyhin, TV. P. Cole, for defendant.

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