Case ID: ala_209/html/0466-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "GARDNER, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(96 South. 569)
    HUCKABA v. HILL et al.
    (8 Div. 471.)
    (Supreme Court of Alabama.
    May 10, 1923.)
    Appeal and error <&wkey;IOOI(2), 1003 — Verdict may not be vacated merely because if does not correspond with court’s opinion or is against mere preponderance of evidence.
    Verdicts are not to be set aside merely because they do not correspond with the opinion of the Supreme Court or are against the mere preponderance of the evidence.
    Appeal from Circuit Court, Lauderdále County; Chas. P. Almon, Judge.
    Action by G. M. Huckaba, as trustee in bankruptcy, against J. R. Hill and W. L. Hill, for damages for the conversion of property belonging to the bankrupt estate of J. R. Hill. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
    Affirmed.
    Mitchell & Hugkston, C. E. Jordan, and J. C. Roberts, all of Florence, for appellant.
    The verdict was against the great weight of the evidence, and the motion for a new trial should have.been granted.
    A. A. Williams, of Florence, and A. H. Carmichael, of Tuscumbia, for appellees.
    If there be no palpable failure of the evidence to support the verdict, the appellate court will not revise the action of the lower court in denying an application for new trial. Cobb v, Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 9 South. 73S; Jones v. Tucker, 132 Ala. 305, 31 South. 21.
   GARDNER, J.

The action of the court below in overruling the motion for a new trial upon the ground the verdict was contrary to the great weight of the evidence presents the only matter for review upon this appeal. The court and jury heard and saw each of the witnesses testify, and ah exámination of this record persuades us that this was of peculiar advantage upon the issue of fact for determination. The rule established for the guidance of this court in the consideration of questions of this character was clearly stated in the oft-cited case of Cobb v. Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 9 South. 738, and needs no repetition.

Verdicts are not to be set aside merely because they do not .correspond with the opinion- of the court or are against the mere, preponderance of the evidence. We confess the question is one not free from difficulty, but a consideration of the evidence by the court in consultation has not persuaded us that the ruling of the court below in denying the motion for a new trial upon this ground should be here overturned.

Let the judgment be affirmed.

Affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and SAYRE and MILLER-, JJ., concur.