Brown v. Meyer

CLEMENS, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed the trial court’s order setting aside his $100,000 verdict and entering judgment for defendants. Plaintiff sued defendants for conversion of his allegedly exclusive newspaper distribution area. Defendants moved for directed verdict at the end of plaintiff’s case and again at the close of the evidence, and thereafter filed an after-trial motion to enter judgment for them notwithstanding the verdict, contending plaintiff failed to produce sufficient evidence to warrant a verdict. The trial court sustained the motion and entered judgment for defendants. The…