2006 Code of Virginia § 8.01-680 - When judgment of trial court not to be set aside unless plainly wrong, etc
8.01-680. When judgment of trial court not to be set aside unless plainlywrong, etc.
When a case, civil or criminal, is tried by a jury and a party objects to thejudgment or action of the court in granting or refusing to grant a new trialon a motion to set aside the verdict of a jury on the ground that it iscontrary to the evidence, or when a case is decided by a court without theintervention of a jury and a party objects to the decision on the ground thatit is contrary to the evidence, the judgment of the trial court shall not beset aside unless it appears from the evidence that such judgment is plainlywrong or without evidence to support it.
(Code 1950, 8-491; 1977, c. 617.)
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