Mount v. Krilich

This is an action to establish an alleged gift of $2,000 in money, said to have been made by appellant to his two minor nephews. The claim was assigned by the guardian of the minors to respondent for collection. He brought the action as plaintiff. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant. The trial court granted a new trial, from which order the defendant has appealed.

The order granting a new trial was a general one, and ordinarily, as outlined in Sutherland v. Northern Pacific R. Co., 124 Wash. 413, 214 Pac. 823, we could not interfere; but here it is contended…