Best v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered December 4, 1907, granting a new trial on motion of the plaintiff, after a verdict of the jury rendered in favor' of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by John Best against the city of Seattle, to recover damages for personal injuries. On trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. Thereafter and on plaintiff’s motion an order for a new trial was made and entered, from which the defendant has appealed.
Respondent’s motion for a new trial was based on two grounds, (1) insufficiency of evidence to sustain the verdict, and (2) error of law occurring at the trial. The order granting the new trial was general in its terms, and failed to disclose the particular grounds upon which the action of the trial court was based.…
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