S. Ry. Co. v. Higgins, 27 S.E. 785 (Ga. 1897). · Go Syfert
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Southern Railway Company
v.
Higgins
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Jul 28, 1897.
27 S.E. 785
Hill, Harris & Birch, for plaintiff in error., R. G. Jordan and Preston & Ayer, contra.
Fish.
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Fish, J.

This being the first grant of a new.trial, the judgment'below will not be disturbed by this court; for, although the new trial was granted upon a special ground, it does not affirmatively appear that the law and the facts necessarily required the verdict which the jury rendered. Civil Code, 25585; Johnson v. Georgia R. R. Co., ante, 577.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.