Supreme Court of Georgia, 1859

Orr v. Huff

Orr v. Huff
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 15, 1859 · Benning
27 Ga. 422

Orr v. Huff

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Benning J.

delivering the opinion.

The Court below refused to grant a new trial. Ought this *427Court to disturb that decision? We think not. We cannot say, that the verdict was decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence. There was much evidence for the verdict; one great fact was, that the child never grew any after the sale; but even, if the verdict was decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence, it would not follow, of necessity, that a new trial ought to be granted. Even, in such a case, the Act of 1854, merely confers the power, in the exercise of a sound discretion, to grant a new trial; the act does not impose the duty to grant a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

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