Case Name: SCARLETT v. WRIGHT
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1923-02-09
Citations: 29 Ga. App. 505
Docket Number: 13720
Parties: SCARLETT v. WRIGHT.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 505–506

Head Matter:
13720.
SCARLETT v. WRIGHT.
The discretion of the trial judge in granting a new trial will not be controlled by this court under the evidence in this case.
Decided February 9, 1923.
Action on bond; from city court of Wayeross — Judge Crawley. December 5, 1921.
Blalock & Bedding, for plaintiff in error.
John J. Moore, contra.

Opinion:
Bell, J.
This action was against a surety of the plaintiff's husband upon a ne exeat bond. A verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. Thereafter the court granted the motion of the plaintiff for a new trial, and to this judgment the defend ant excepted. There was some evidence tending to show a breach of the bond, and it follows that the trial judge had a discretion in granting or refusing the motion; and the exercise of that discretion in favor of the movant is not, under the law, to be controlled by this court.
Judgment affirmed,.
Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.