Ingalls v. Noble
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Hamilton county. Tried belcw before Post, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Lake, Ch. J.
But two errors are complained of: first, that the motion for a continuance was improperly denied; and, second, that the verdict was not supported by the evidence.
Ordinarily the decision of motions of this sort is left to the discretion of the particular court to which they are *273addressed. It is only where such discretion has evidently been exercised unwisely or abused, to the prejudice of a party, that a reviewing court will interfere. Billings v. McCoy Brothers, 5 Neb., 187. Johnson v. Dinsmore, 11 Id., 391. In this case we not only see no abuse of discretion but the motion was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Billings v. McCoy Bros.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by2 opinions
- Stone v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
- Hale v. George H. Hess & Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1890