Georgia Court of Appeals, 1929

Dodgen v. Fowler

Dodgen v. Fowler
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided April 9, 1929 · Luke
39 Ga. App. 515; 147 S.E. 775; 1929 Ga. App. LEXIS 388

Dodgen v. Fowler

Opinion of the Court

Luke, J.

The evidence in the record being in sharp conflict as to material matters, this case comes within the rule that the first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed when the verdict is not demanded by the law and the facts. Civil Code (1910), § 6204; Douglas v. Hardin, 161 Ga. 838 (2) (131 S. E. 896); Carr v. Carr, 157 Ga. 208 (121 S. E. 227) ; Parks v. Stevens, 21 Ga. App. 180 (94 S. E. 60) ; Louisville, & Nashville R. Co. v. Barksdale, 34 Ga. App. 812 (131 S. E. 298).

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur. John T. Dorsey, John G. Bell, Morris, Hawlcins & Wallace, for plaintiffs in error. Mozley & Gann, L. M. Blair, contra.

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