Case Name: Atlantic and Birmingham Railway Company v. Cobb
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1906-03-24
Citations: 125 Ga. 121
Docket Number: 
Parties: Atlantic and Birmingham Railway Company v. Cobb.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 121–121

Head Matter:
Atlantic and Birmingham Railway Company v. Cobb.
Submitted February 28,
Decided March 24, 1906.
Action for damages. Before Judge Littlejohn.' Dooly superior court. January 25, 1905.
Rosser & Brandon, J. L. Sweat, and drum & Jones, for plaintiff in error.
J. H. Hall, Busbee & Busbee, and Warren Roberts, contra.

Opinion:
I<Tsh, O. J.
This case is controlled by the well-settled rule, that where it does not appear that the verdict was demanded under the law and the evidence, the first grant of a new trial will not be disturbed, though based on a specified ground of the motion, without regard to the merit of such ground. Smith v. Hightower, 123 Ga. 110.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.