Lawson v. Fordyce

Bliss, J.—

This case has been tried three times in the district court. In the first trial there was a verdict for the plaintiff of $2,500, which was set aside.and a new trial granted by the trial court because of submitting a ground of negligence which it had stricken. In the second trial, at the close of all the evidence, the court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict based upon the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to show any negligence of defendant which proximately caused the injury and was also insufficient to show plaintiff’s freedom from contributory…