Spiegelman v. Eastman

This cause is before the court upon an appeal by the defendant from the judgment entered therein in favor of the plaintiff, and also upon an appeal by the plaintiff from an order granting a new trial after judgment. If the order granting a new trial was properly made, the judgment from which the defendant has appealed falls of its own weight. On the contrary, if the order granting a new trial should be reversed, it follows as a matter of course that the judgment should be affirmed.

This cause was heard before the Honorable T. A. Norton, sitting with a jury, and verdict rendered in favor of the…