Thompson v. Nettum

PAULSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Beverly Thompson and Howard Thompson, husband and wife, from a judgment entered in the district court of Cass County, North Dakota, for a dismissal of their two claims against the defendants, Galen Net-tum and Hjelmer Nettum. Plaintiffs shall hereafter be referred to as the Thompsons and the defendants as the Nettums.

The two cases were combined for trial in the district court and for this appeal. The claims were tried before a jury. At the close of the Thompsons’ case the attorneys for the Nettums moved in the alternative under Rule 41(b),…