Smith v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1974
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fife v. Johnston · 118 Ga. App. 351 - Rockmart Finance Company v. High · Wren v. State · 117 Ga. App. 288 - Martin v. Denson · 117 Ga. App. 787 - Warren v. Mann
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]his court will not disturb the first grant of a new trial on the general grounds where no abuse of discretion by the trial judge appears and the evidence does not demand a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in any specific amount. Code Ann. § 6-1608; Martin v. Denson, 117 Ga. App. 288 ( 160 SE2d 210 ); Warren v. Mann, 117 Ga. App. 787 ( 161 SE2d 894 ); Prosser v. Horis A. Ward, Inc., 123 Ga. App. 205 [ 180 SE2d 270 ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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