Georgia Court of Appeals, 1920

Hughes v. Dannenberg Co.

Hughes v. Dannenberg Co.
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided October 13, 1920 · Jenkins
25 Ga. App. 699; 104 S.E. 453; 1920 Ga. App. LEXIS 153

Hughes v. Dannenberg Co.

Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, P. J.

The action of the trial judge in granting a second new trial to the defendant, not on account of the verdict rendered but on account of error committed by himself, will not be disturbed, because the charge of the court was in some respects erroneous and in other respects confusing; and, since the verdict, though authorized, was not demanded, the rights of defendant may have been thus prejudiced.

Judgment affirmed.

Stephens and Smith, JJ., concur.

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