Maslof v. Christian

1 Reported in 208 N.W. 135. These cases, which were tried together and submitted to this court on one set of briefs, present on similar facts the same questions of law. The actions are in claim and delivery and each involves the ownership of an ordinary work horse, its value and damages for the detention thereof for about 11 months. There was a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in each case, and the defendants appealed from the order denying their alternative motions for judgment or a new trial.

The assignments of error are: First, that the court erred in refusing to grant the defendants new…