Case Name: ALLEN v. GERSHON & RUSKIN
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-03-19
Citations: 19 Ga. App. 500
Docket Number: 7805
Parties: ALLEN v. GERSHON & RUSKIN.
Judges: Wade, O. J., and Lulce, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 500–501

Head Matter:
7805.
ALLEN v. GERSHON & RUSKIN.
The verdict, although not without evidence to support it, was not demanded by the evidence; and therefore the. discretion of the trial judge in granting a first new trial will not be interfered with, even if the specific -ground set out in his order was not a sufficient ground- for a new trial.
Decided March 19, 1917.
Action on contract; from city court of Carrollton—Judge Beall. July 20, 1916.
Smith, Reese & Smith, for plaintiff.
Boykin & Robinson, for defendants.

Opinion:
George, J.
The order of the trial judge granting a first new trial in this case is as follows: "The within motion for new trial having been submitted to me by counsel on both sides; without argument, and after a careful consideration of the case, I ain convinced that it was error to admit the testimony of the witness W. L. Gray as follows: 'Mr. Ruskin told me that he could not employ me, because he- had the Allen boys hired/ without stating what Allen boys, or stating whether the plaintiff was one of the Allen boys referred to or not. I am of opinion that this was mistrial [material?] error authorizing a new trial. Wherefore it is considered, ordered, and adjudged that a new trial of said 'case be and the same is hereby ordered." The verdict obtained by the plaintiff was not demanded by the evidence, although • it is. not without evidence to support it. Even if the admission of the testimony recited in the foregoing order was not error, the discretion of the court in granting a first new trial will not be disturbed. Civil Code of 1910, § 6204; Cox v. Grady, 132 Ga. 368 (64 S. E. 262).
Judgment affirmed.
Wade, O. J., and Lulce, J., concur.