Case Name: Branch, Sons & Company, plaintiffs in error, vs. J. A. Ansley, defendant in error
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1871-01
Citations: 43 Ga. 12
Docket Number: 
Parties: Branch, Sons & Company, plaintiffs in error, vs. J. A. Ansley, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 12–13

Head Matter:
Branch, Sons & Company, plaintiffs in error, vs. J. A. Ansley, defendant in error.
If the cause be fairly submitted to the jury, and there be evidence sufficient to sustain the verdict, this Court will not interfere with the refusal of a new trial by the Judge below. (R.)
Branch, Sons & Company sued Ansley, and the jury found for Ansley. They moved for a new trial solely upon the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, the charge of the Court and the evidence. The Court refused a new trial, and that is assigned as error.
Barnes & Cumming, for plaintiffs in error.
F. H. Miller, for defendant.

Opinion:
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
Where a motion was made for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence, and was overruled by the Court, and the record shows the case was fairly submitted to the jury, and there is sufficient evidence to sustain their finding:
Held, Under the previous rulings of this Court, that we will not interfere to set aside the verdict or grant a new trial when the case has been properly submitted to the jury, and there is evidence in the record to sustain the verdict, and the Court below has refused a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.