5 Kan. 127 | Kan. | 1869
By the Court,
This action in the court below, was tried by a jury. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The court on motion of the defendants set aside the verdict and granted anew trial, on the ground that “The verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence.” The plaintiff complains that this was error, and brings the case here for review.
By an examination of the record, we find that the evidence was conflicting, but the weight of the evidence, as we think, was against the plaintiff. We shall not stop to consider whether the district court should have granted the new trial or not, for that is not the question pre
This is not a new question, and the authorities seem to be very nearly, if not entirely, uniform. "We will refer to a few of the later decisions: Whitney v. Blunt, 15 Iowa, 283; McNair v. McComber, 15 Iowa, 368; Van Valkenburg v. Hoskins, 7 Wis., 496; Watson v. McClay, 4 Cal., 288; Nagle v. Hornberger, 6 Ind., 69; Miller v. Schuyler, 20 N. Y., 522; Platt v. Monroe, 34 Barb., S. C., 29; Copp v. Brizzolara, 19 Cal., 607; Hanson v. Barnhusel, 11 Cal., 340; Ruble v. McDonold, 7 Iowa, 90; White v. Poor-
Tbe order of tbe court below is affirmed.