Case Name: Southern Railway Company v. Higgins
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1897-07-28
Citations: 102 Ga. 586
Docket Number: 
Parties: Southern Railway Company v. Higgins.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 586–586

Head Matter:
Southern Railway Company v. Higgins.
Argued June 18,
Decided July 28, 1897.
Action, for damages. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. September term, 1896.
Hill, Harris & Birch, for plaintiff in error.
R. G. Jordan and Preston & Ayer, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, J.
This being the first grant of a new.trial, the judgment'below will not be disturbed by this court; for, although the new trial was granted upon a special ground, it does not affirmatively appear that the law and the facts necessarily required the verdict which the jury rendered. Civil Code, 25585; Johnson v. Georgia R. R. Co., ante, 577.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.