Ingalls v. Bell

There are two appeals in this case. Defendants appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict of the jury and plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendants a new trial. Since each side is thus appealing, we will refer throughout this opinion to plaintiff and defendants in order to avoid confusion. The appeal from the order granting a new trial must be first considered, and the appeal from the judgment becomes important only in ease the order granting a new trial is reversed. (Jackson v. Dolan, 202 Cal. 468 [261 Pac. 706] ; San Jose Safe Deposit Bank of Savings v. Bank of Madera, 121…