Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson
Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson
Opinion of the Court
The former judgment of this court in this case (36 Ga. App. 679, 137 S. E. 855), was, on certiorari, affirmed by the Supreme Court (167 Ga. 22). In the opinion, written by Chief Justice Russell, it was stated that the court did not decide the question upon which the Court of Appeals ruled in the first headnote of its decision, to wit, that a question as to the constitutionality of a statute can not be raised for the first time in a motion for a new trial. And it was further said: “Upon this subject the court is divided in opinion.” However, the Supreme Court proceeded to pass upon the constitutional question so raised, and held that “section 2780 of the Code of 1910 is not unconstitutional for any reason assigned in the present petition for certiorari.” That ruling and the judgment affirming the judgment of this court were reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1929. That judgment was made the judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and is now made the judgment of this court. The former judgment of this court, affirming the decision of the trial court in refusing to grant a new trial is hereby vacated. Under the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, the trial court
Judgment reversed.
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