Townsend v. Briggs
Citations
- 88 Cal. 230
- 26 P. 108
- 1891 Cal. LEXIS 675
Syllabus
<p>Hew Trial — Review of Evidence — Bill of Exceptions — Specifications of Insufficiency—Inadequate Verdict—Assault.— Damages.— In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, resulting Irom an assault and battery of the plaintiff by the defendant, where the plaintiff, in whose favor the verdict is rendered, moves for a new trial upon the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict, specifications as to what the evidence shows in regard to the extent of the injuries and loss sustained by thb plaintiff, and that the amount of the verdict is wholly inadequate and insignificant as compensation for the damage sustained from the injury inflicted, are sufficient to warrant a review of the evidence, and to sustain an order granting a new trial to the plaintiff on the ground of its insufficiency to j nstify the verdict.</p> <p>Id. — Order Granting New Trial — Review upon Appeal.— An order granting a new trial will not be reversed on appeal if it can be justified on any of the grounds upon which the motion was made.</p>
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- concluding that the City’s parallel declaratory judgment action regarding its ability to annex property in the unincorporated Fulton County Industrial District was also nonjusticiable
- noting that advisory opinions “exceed the authority of the courts”
- “It is a settled principle of Georgia law that the jurisdiction of the courts is confined to justiciable controversies.”
- “[T]he Declaratory Judgment Act, OCGA § 9-4-1 et seq., authorizes declaratory judgments only to resolve actual and justiciable controversies. See OCGA § 9-4-2 (a), (b).”
- “It is a settled principle of Georgia law that the jurisdiction of the courts is confined to justiciable controversies, and the courts may not properly render advisory opinions.”
- the issue of justiciable controversy is a jurisdictional one, which we consider sua sponte
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Judges: Belcher
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