7 Kan. 354 | Kan. | 1871
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below. The cause was tried by the court, and judgment awarded plaintiffs, and on motion of defendants a nexo • trial was granted. To reverse the order granting a new trial the plaintiffs bring the cause to this court.
The only ground relied upon in this court to sustain the order of the court below, is surprise, the other alleged causes being abandoned. The surprise consisted in this:
We have not overlooked the case of Smith v. Lowry, 1 Johns. Ch. R., 220, referred to by the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error; and we concur with him in considering the facts very similar to the present case. But they were presented under very different circumstances. A court of law where the trial was had, had overruled the motion for a new trial, and the chancellor refers to this fact as one of great influence in determining his decision.
The order of the district court granting a new trial is affirmed.