Case ID: ga_138/html/0094-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Fish, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Awbrey v. Foster.
    April 12, 1912.
    Trover. Before Judge Freeman. Heard'superior court. May 16, 1911.
    
      Frank 8. Loftin and D. B. Whitaker, for plaintiff in error.
    
      R. B. Blackburn, contra.
   Fish, C. J.

“The first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed by the Supreme Court, unless the plaintiff in error shows that the judge abused his discretion in granting it, and that the law and facts inquire the verdict notwithstanding the judgment of the presiding judge.” Civil Code, § 6204.

(a) The law and the facts in this case did not require the verdict rendered, and the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in the first grant of a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.