Crosslin v. Alsup

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained when petitioner walked into a plate glass window next to a doorway in respondent’s office building. Two questions are presented: (1) the necessity of a motion for a new trial to review the action of the trial court in directing a verdict, and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence. The Court of Appeals held a motion for a new trial to be necessary and the failure to make such a motion precluded review. Then the court “informally examined” the record and made certain findings.

I

The Necessity of a Motion for a New Trial

Rule…