Case Name: Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Blue
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-05-12
Citations: 120 Ga. 228
Docket Number: 
Parties: Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Blue.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 228–228

Head Matter:
Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Blue.
Argued April 13,
Decided May 12, 1904.
Certiorari. Before Judge Seabrook. Liberty superior court. November 19, 1903.
J. Randolph Anderson, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Evans, J.
When the only error alleged in a petition for certiorari is that the verdict therein complained of is contrary to law and to the evidence, and it appears that the evidence demanded a verdict for the plaintiff in certiorari, the superior court should, of course, sustain the certiorari; but it would be erroneous in such, a case, though there be no conflict in the evidence, to render a final judgment in his favor. This is so for the reason that in such a case the error complained of is not "an error in law which must finally govern the case," and further, because it could not be known with certainty that the evidence on another trial would be the same. Holmes v. Pyé, 107 Ga. 784. See also Ala. Great Southern R. Co. v. Austin, 112 Ga. '61; Williams v. Bradford, 116 Ga. 706. The court below properly declined to render a final judgment in the present case.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.