Case Name: CRAIG v. ALLEN and Others
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1886-01-30
Citations: 2 Cal. Unrep. 634
Docket Number: No. 11,196
Parties: CRAIG v. ALLEN and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 634–635

Head Matter:
CRAIG v. ALLEN and Others.
No. 11,196;
January 30, 1886.
9 Pac. 429.
New Trial—Presumption in Favor of Order Granting.—Where a new trial is ordered by a court, every intendment is in favor of the order, and the legal presumption is that it was made on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the decision; and, in the absence of all proof of abuse of discretion in the trial judge, such order is not reversible.
APPEAL from Superior Court, County of Los Angeles.
J. H. Howard and J. R. Scott for appellant; Bicknell & White and Graves & Chapman for respondents.

Opinion:
By the COURT.
Appeal from an order granting a new trial. The judgment rendered in the case was founded upon an elaborate finding of facts. One of the grounds of the motion to vacate the judgment and grant a new trial was "insufficiency of the evidence to justify the findings and decision of the court, and that the judgment and decision were against law. ' ' The court ordered a new trial without stating any grounds, but, as every intendment is in favor of the order, the legal presumption is that it was made on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to justify the decision. That being so, the order granting a new trial, in the absence of all proof of an abuse of discretion in the trial judge, is not reversible. Order affirmed.