Jose Anglada and Isaura Anglada, His Wife v. Wilma Sprague, and Harry A. Wright, John Doe, Richard Roe

In this diversity action for breach of contract, breach of guarantee and fraudulent misrepresentation, the defendants lost a jury verdict when they did not attend the trial and their counsel cross-examined plaintiffs’ witnesses but put on no evidence and moved for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiffs’ case. They contend first, that they should be granted a new trial because they were unable to testify in defense of this civil action because of pending state criminal charges against them, and second, that they were entitled to a judgment notwithstanding the verdict because of the…