Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern Railroad v. Fisher

*18The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

The judgment in this case must be reversed, upon the authority of K. C. W. & N. W. Rld. Co. v. Ryan, just decided. In this case, as in that, the trial judge was dissatisfied with the verdict of the jury and stated that it did not meet with his approval. He, however, said that he would “stand out of the way,” and then overruled the motion for a new trial. It was his duty to set the verdict aside and grant a new trial. Upon the trial, the railroad company asked the jury to be instructed as follows:

“The market value means' the fair value of…