RICE v. MATTHEWS

39073.

104 Ga. App. 593 (1961)

122 S.E.2d 175

RICE et al. v. MATTHEWS, Administratrix.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Edward E. Dorsey, C. B. Rogers, for plaintiffs in error.

Augustine Sams, Emory Kinard, contra.


EBERHARDT, Judge.

1. Since the new trial here was granted on special grounds of the amended motion, and not on discretionary grounds, it does not fall within the rule that the first grant of a new trial shall not be disturbed. Code § 6-1608, as amended by the act of 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, pp. 353, 354).

2. There must be no expression of opinion on the facts by the court in its charge to the jury, and if such there be, a new trial must be granted. ...

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