Case Name: Richie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; and vice versa
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1919-05-16
Citations: 23 Ga. App. 741
Docket Number: 10246, 10247
Parties: Richie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; and vice versa.
Judges: Wade, C. J., and Jenkins, J., conewr.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 741–741

Head Matter:
10246, 10247.
Richie v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; and vice versa.
Decided May 16, 1919.
Action for damages; from city court of Cartersville—Judge Aubrey. October 12, 1918.
A. W. Fite, J. R. Whitaker, R. R. Arnold, for plaintiff.
D. W. Blair, Neel, Finley & Neel, for defendant.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
It appears to be conclusively settled that, notwithstanding the return of a second verdict in favor of the same party, the trial judge may still exercise his discretion in granting or refusing a new trial, though that discretion may not then be as ample as on the hearing of the motion for a first new trial (Morgan v. Lamb, 16 Ga. App. 484, and cases there cited, 85 S. E. 792) ; and under the particular, facts of the instant case the second grant of a new trial was not an abuse of the discretion vested in the trial judge.
Judgment affirmed on both bills of exceptions.
Wade, C. J., and Jenkins, J., conewr.