Hall v. Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.

Murphy, Justice.

TMs is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as a result of a nuisance created by the defendant in the operation of its canning plant in Winnebago, Minnesota. The plaintiff had a verdict for $1,350. The defendant appeals from the order of the district court denying its motion for a new trial, contending that the verdict is excessive and is not sustained by the evidence and that plaintiffs counsel in his closing argument to the jury was guilty of misconduct.

From the record it appears that the plaintiff is the owner of a 140-acre farm located…