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title: O.C.G.A. § 5-5-50. Standard for review by appellate court of first grant of new trial.
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# O.C.G.A. § 5-5-50. Standard for review by appellate court of first grant of new trial.

The first grant of a new trial shall not be disturbed by an appellate court unless the appellant shows that the judge abused his discretion in granting it and that the law and facts require the verdict notwithstanding the judgment of the presiding judge.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 5585; Civil Code 1910, § 6204; Code 1933, § 6-1608.

## Law Reviews

For article comparing sections of Ch. 11, T. 9 with preexisting provisions of the Georgia Code, see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 295 (1967).

## History of Code Section.

This Code section is derived from the decision in Sparks v. Noyes, 64 Ga. 437 (1879).