Case ID: ga-app_13/html/0174-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Russell, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

4579.
    Hudson v. Driver.
    Decided August 12, 1913.
    Action for damages; from city court of Carrollton — Judge Beall. November 35, 1913.
    
      Newell & Fielder, for plaintiff. Leon Rood, for defendant.
   Russell, J.

In this case error is assigned upon the judgment of the trial court in granting a new trial to the defendant. It is the first grant of a new trial; and since a verdict in favor of the plaintiff was not demanded by the evidence, the discretion of the trial judge will not be controlled. The first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed unless both the law and the facts require the verdict. Civil Code, § 6204; Wright v. Garland, 137 Ga. 30 (72 S. E. 399); Zorn v. Upson Banking & Trust Co., 137 Ga. 464 (73 S. E. 652). Judgment affirmed.