LeBron Electrical Works, Inc. v. Pizinger

In a replevin action to try the right of possession to certain machinery, the trial court at the conclusion of all the evidence sustained the plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict, found the right of possession to be in the plaintiff, valued the property at $602.45, and fixed the damages for the wrongful detention at one cent. Thereafter, the defendant filed at the same time both a motion for new trial and a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

*165The trial court overruled the motion for a new trial first and a few days later overruled the other motion. It is asserted that the…