Case Name: Bell v. Askins
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-10-13
Citations: 150 Ga. 635
Docket Number: No. 1976
Parties: Bell v. Askins.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 635–635

Head Matter:
Bell v. Askins.
No. 1976.
October 13, 1920.
Certiorari. Before Judge Harrell. Decatur superior court. February 18, 1920.
IF. Y. Custer, for plaintiff in error.
Rartsfield & Conger, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, C. J.
The evidence submitted before the ordinary on the trial of a habeas-corpus case not demanding the judgment rendered by him, the discretion of the judge of the superior court in sustaining a certiorari and granting a first new trial will not be interfered with by the Supreme Court. Flanders v. Wood, 113 Ga. 635 (38 S. E. 975) ; Shirley v. Swafford, 119 Ga. 43 (45 S. E. 722) ; Bryant v. Ridgeway, 126 Ga. 733 (55 S. E. 932); Civil Code (1910), § 6204.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.