Collins v. Broom

• Decision Date: 13 December 1917
• Docket Number: 8694.
• Citation: 94 S.E. 645,21 Ga.App. 420
• Parties: COLLINS v. BROOM.
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

94 S.E. 645

21 Ga.App. 420

COLLINS v. BROOM.

No. 8694.

Court of Appeals of Georgia, Second Division

December 13, 1917

Syllabus by the Court.

"This court by the constitutional amendment creating it is limited in jurisdiction to the correction of errors in law alone, and therefore has no power to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict is strongly contrary to the weight of the evidence, if there is any evidence at all to support it." Edge v. Thomas, 9 Ga.App. 559, 71 S.E. 875; Randall v. Bell, 12 Ga.App. 614, 77 S.E. 1132; Toole v. Jones, 19 Ga.App. 24, 90 S.E. 732; McCarty v. Keys, 19 Ga.App. 494, 91 S.E. 875.

The motion for new trial embraced the usual general grounds only. There was ample evidence to support the verdict, and the court properly refused a new trial.

Error from City Court of Savannah; Davis Freeman, Judge.

Action between Lula Collins and Allen Broom. Judgment for the latter, and the former brings error. Affirmed.

H. G. Dukes, of Savannah, and J. P. Dukes, of Pembroke, for plaintiff in error.

W. R. Hewlett and Robt. L. Colding, both of Savannah, for defendant in error.

BLOODWORTH, J.

Judgment affirmed.

BROYLES, P.J., and HARWELL, J., concur.