Court Opinion

ID: 5565639
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 00:59:40.458548+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:35:36.154714
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Lumpkin, Justice.
This was an action against the telegraph company for the statutory penalty. It resulted in a verdict for the •plaintiff below; the defendant moved for a new trial on /several grounds, and a new trial was granted by the presiding judge.
An examination of the record shows that the case for the plaintiff below was very loosely managed — certainly as to the pleading, and most probably as to the evidence. Another hearing may further the ends of justice. At .any rate, it does not appear that a new trial will not have this result. This is a case to which the general rrule relating to the first grant of a new trial is appli*225cable, and accordingly, this court will not closely scrutinize the grounds of the motion, but will allow that rule to control. Judgment affirmed.