Case Name: Little v. Reynolds
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1895-12-02
Citations: 97 Ga. 385
Docket Number: 
Parties: Little v. Reynolds.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 385–385

Head Matter:
Little v. Reynolds.
December 2, 1895.
Action for damages. Before Judge Lumpkin. Pulton superior court. March term, 1895.
J ames L. Key, for plaintiff.
N. J. & T. A. Hammond,'for defendant.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, J.
1. A judgment upon a motion for a new trial in the following words: "After considering this motion for new trial, the same is granted. I think, under the evidence, the verdict finding the action not barred was erroneous": is, in effect, equivalent to a general grant of a new trial on the merits of the case. The second sentence of the above quoted judgjnent merely expresses the judge's disapproval of the finding of the jury as to a question, or questions, of fact, upon the proper determination of which depended the solution of the ultimate question as to whether or not, under the law, the plaintiff's right of action was barred.
2. In principle, this case falls within the established rule as to the first general grant of a new trial. Jtidgment affirmed.