42 Kan. 250 | Kan. | 1889
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Counsel for the plaintiff in error, defendant below, in their brief filed in this court make the following statement:
“ The sole question in this case is as to what judgment should*251 be entered on the special findings. It is a case where the necessity of special findings to control the tendency of juries to ‘lump things’ into ‘general results’ is especially apparent. Upon each of the five causes of action of defendant in error, plaintiff below, the jury found specially the amount of his recovery ; and out of these numerous items of defendant’s counterclaim, allowed him five. The jury brought in a general verdict for $365.15. The judge thought the verdict inconsistent with the special findings, and by consent of plaintiff, to avoid a new trial, reduced this amount by $71.99 before entering judgment. Plaintiff in error, defendant below, brings this ease here because he thinks the judgment as rendered inconsistent with the special findings, in that judgment upon the special findings should have been for only $134.16.”
In whatever aspect we may view this case we cannot say that any error was committed by or in the court below prejudicial to the defendant below, plaintiff in error, and therefore the judgment of the court below will be affirmed.