Supreme Court of Georgia, 1902

Moss v. Roberts

Moss v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided April 29, 1902 · Lumpkin
115 Ga. 421; 41 S.E. 581; 1902 Ga. LEXIS 435

Moss v. Roberts

Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, P. J.

This case having gone to trial upon a petition and answer, the legal sufficiency of neither of which was challenged by the opposite party, and the evidence being amply sufficient to sustain the verdict which the jury returned in favor of the defendant, there was no abuse of discretion in overruling the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, which was based on the general grounds alone.

Judgment affirmed.

AÜ the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.Complaint. Before Judge Hart. Hancock superior court, June 1, 1901.Strickland & Green and Hunt & Merritt, for plaintiff. E. H. Lewis, for defendant.

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