Brennan v. Buddenhagen

JOHNSON, District Judge.-

This is an action' of trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from an automobile collision. The case was tried before the court and a jury and a verdict was rendered for the defendant. The plaintiff now moves for a new trial, relying at the argument upon the reason that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and that the verdict was not the unanimous verdict of the jury, but was a compromise verdict forced by the illness of Florence Lloyd, one of the jurors.

Under the evidence a question of fact/ the cause of the accident, arose, which was…