Case Name: Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Garmon
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-02-01
Citations: 19 Ga. App. 255
Docket Number: 7462
Parties: Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Garmon.
Judges: Broyles, P. J., anil Jenkins, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 255–255

Head Matter:
7462.
Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Garmon.
Decided February 1, 1917.
Action for damages; from city court of Polk county—Judge John K. Davis. April 8, 1916.
J. Branham, Maddox & Boyal, Fielder & Fielder, for plaintiff in error. W. TF. Mundy, contra.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
1. There is evidence to support the verdict.
2. The alleged newly discovered evidence of a civil engineer, who states that, about the year 1907, he made a survey of the land in question, and that he "at the instance of defendant in the above case has since said trial made another survey of said tract of land," is cumulative. Ordinary diligence would require that this last survey should have been made before the trial. Civil Code, § 6086. "A judgment of the trial court refusing a motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence will not be disturbed when the motion fails to show, 'by affidavit of the movant and each of his counsel, that they did not know of the existence of such evidence before the trial, and that the same could not have been discovered by the exercise of ordinary diligence.' " Pharr v. Davis, 133 Ga. 759 (66 S. E. 917).
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, P. J., anil Jenkins, J., concur.