Boulton v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of tlie superior court for King county, Ralston, J., entered April 23, 1920, upon granting defendant’s motion for new trial after the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages sustained in a collision between a street car and an auto truck.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
— Plaintiff sued to recover damages for injuries to his automobile truck resulting when it collided with one of defendant’s street cars. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant thereupon moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. The court denied the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and granted the motion for a new trial upon the stated ground that, in *235Ms opinion, the jury “took up matters outside the record.” Defendant, at the concMsion of plaintiff’s case, moved for a nonsuit, and at the conclusion of all the evidence moved for a…
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