Georgia Court of Appeals, 1919

Smiley v. Twitty

Smiley v. Twitty
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 16, 1919 · Smith
24 Ga. App. 629; 101 S.E. 584; 1919 Ga. App. LEXIS 975

Smiley v. Twitty

Opinion of the Court

Smith, 3. 1.

“This court, by the constitutional amendment creating it, is limited in jurisdiction to the correction of errors in law alone; and therefore has no power to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdiet is strongly contrary to the weight of evidenee, if there is any evidence at all to support it.” Edge v. Thomas. 9 Ga. App. 559 (71 S. E. 875); Randall v. Bell, 12 Ga. App. 614 (77 S. E. 1132); Toole v. Jones, 19 Ga. App. 24 (90 S. E. 732); McCarty v. Keys, 19 Ga. App. 494 (91 S. E. 875).

*630Decided December 16, 1919.Complaint; from city court of Camilla—Charles Watt Jr., judge pro hac vice. July 26, 1919.A. 8. Johnson, for plaintiffs in error. Peacoclc & Gardner, contra.

2. The motion for a new trial embraced the usual general grounds only. There was evidence to support the verdict, which has the approval of the trial judge, and his judgment overruling the motion for a new trial is

Affirmed.

Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.

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