Case Name: Callahan v. Athens Railway & Electric Company
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-01-20
Citations: 17 Ga. App. 490
Docket Number: 6413
Parties: Callahan v. Athens Railway & Electric Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 490–490

Head Matter:
6413.
Callahan v. Athens Railway & Electric Company.
Decided January 20, 1916.
Action for damages; from city court of Athens — judge West. June 10,1914.
T. J. Shackelford, Mahaffey & Mahaffey, for plaintiff.
E. K. Lumpkin, E. K. Lumpkin Jr., John J. & Boy M. Strickland, for defendant.

Opinion:
Wade, J.
Unless the verdict returned was demanded by the law and the evidence, this court will not disturb the first grant of a new trial, regardless of the ground specified by the trial judge as the reason for such grant. See New v. Southern Railway Co., 136 Ga. 778 (71 S. E. 1104); Stricklin v. Brotherton, 136 Ga. 456 (71 S. E. 774); Van Giesen v. Queen Insurance Co., 132 Ga. 515 (64 S. E. 456).
Judgment affirmed.