Meylink v. Minnehaha Co-Operative Oil Co.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant had coerced him into paying defendant the sum of one thousand dollars by threatening to prosecute plaintiff’s son for embezzlement. The issues made up by these allegations and defendant’s denials were submitted to a jury. The verdict was for plaintiff. Thereafter the court entered judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, upon grounds which had been urged by defendant in a motion for a directed verdict made at the conclusion of the testimony. The appeal of the plaintiff requires us to review the evidence in order that we may determine whether the…