Lawrence v. Gillespie

Per Curiam,

We have before us plaintiff’s motion to quash defendant’s appeal. It appears, by petition and answer, that, after judgment on a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, defendant moved for a new trial and for judgment n. o. v.; the court below granted the first motion and refused the second; in directing a new trial, the court in banc stated that one ruling of the trial judge, which it conceived to be error, constituted sufficient reason for its order “without considering the other reasons to grant a new trial”; when requested “to state of record” that the only reason for granting a new trial…