Morris v. C., B. & Q. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fremont District Court. Action for damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion. Judgment for plaintiff for $3,000. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. practice pi-eme court: assignment ol errors. I. The appellant makes one assignment of error, which is in these words: “The court erred in overruling the motion of defendant in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. A new trial should have . „ ., been given for the reasons set forth m said motion.”
Code, Sec. 3207, provides that “an assignment of error need follow no stated form, but must, in a way as specific as the case will allow, point out the the very error objected to.” If the assignment of error is sufficiently specific in this case, then the motion for a new trial might in all cases…
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