Beebe v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Busk county: JohN K. Paexsh, Circuit Judge. Tbis action is brought to recover damages for tbe killing of live stock on two separate occasions. At tbe close of tbe testimony tbe court directed a verdict for tbe plaintiff for tbe amount demanded in bis complaint as amended at tbe trial.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Busk county: JohN K. Paexsh, Circuit Judge. Tbis action is brought to recover damages for tbe killing of live stock on two separate occasions. At tbe close of tbe testimony tbe court directed a verdict for tbe plaintiff for tbe amount demanded in bis complaint as amended at tbe trial. Defendant assigns as error tbe refusal of tbe court to grant its motion for a directed verdict and tbe granting of tbe plaintiff’s motion for sucb verdict. Defendant urges tbat its motion to direct a verdict should have been granted because tbe notices of loss…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNes, J.
The defendant did not except to the order or ruling of the court directing a verdict. It moved for a new trial upon the minutes of the court, but failed to state any ground upon which it based its motion, and finally failed to take 'any exception to the order of the court denying the motion for a new trial. This being the state of the record, counsel for plaintiff urges that there is nothing before the court for review. If this court has authority to review the judgment in this case it must be on one of the following grounds: (1) The motion for a new trial is sufficient in form, and exception…
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