Wainwright v. Anderton

119 So. 861, 218 Ala. 623, 1929 Ala. LEXIS 23

• Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
• Decided: January 24, 1929
• Docket: 6 Div. 168.
• Status: Published

Opinion

THOMAS, J.

The appeal is from an order granting a new trial where the evidence was in sharp conflict. That ruling and judgment was by the judge, who heard the oral examination of the witnesses. The same inference and-presumption in favor of this ruling or action in granting the new trial is indulged as in a case where the motion for a new trial is refused. Walker v. St. Louis-San F. R. Co., 214 Ala. 492, 108 So. 388; Ex parte Landers, 214 Ala. 20, 106 So. 225; Cobb v. Malone, 92 .Ala. 630, 9 So. 738; Nobles v. Bank of Eclectic, 217 Ala. 124, 115 So. 13.

We have carefully examined the evidence, and it is “not s.o manifestly and palpably in favor of the verdict” as to “justify reversal of the order granting a new trial.” Smith v. Tombigbee & Northern R. Co., 141 Ala. 332, 37 So. 389; Ex parte Landers, 214 Ala. 20, 106 So. 225.

The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and SAYRE and BROWN, JJ., concur.