Case Name: Macon Consolidated Street Railroad Company v. Jones
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-08-09
Citations: 116 Ga. 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: Macon Consolidated Street Railroad Company v. Jones.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 351–351

Head Matter:
Macon Consolidated Street Railroad Company v. Jones.
Submitted July 8,
Decided August 9, 1902.
Case. Before Judge Nottingham. City court of Macon. January 8, 1902.
Bacon, Miller & Brunson and W. C. Nottingham, for plaintiff in error. M. Felton Hatcher and T. J. Cochran, contra.

Opinion:
3?ish, J.
Unless the verdict rendered was absolutely demanded by the evidence — which does not appear in this case — this court will not undertake to decide whether or not the trial judge abused his discretion in granting a first new trial, even though the grant thereof was based solely upon a single question of law, in the determination of which it was unnecessary to consider the evidence in the case. Weinkle v. Railroad Co., 107 Ga. 367; Watson v. Equitable Mortgage Co., 112 Ga. 253; Harvey v. Bowles, Ib. 363; McCain v. College Park, Ib. 701; Carter v. Dunson, 113 Ga. 374; Thornton v. Travelers Ins. Co., 116 Ga. 121.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.