City of Hollywood v. Jarkesy

How courts have described this case

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• court should grant a new trial when it concludes that the error complained of has resulted in a miscarriage of justice
• “Where it is apparent from the grounds stated in granting a new trial that the trial judge is acting under an erroneous legal assumption, then it is not a question of discretion but a question of the legal sufficiency of the ground or reason given.”

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