Lander v. Miles

The jury having rendered a verdict for $4,800 in favor of the plaintiff, the defendants filed a motion for a new trial, the motion being argued and submitted by the same counsel who conducted the trial.

The - court filed the following opinion, overruling the motion;

Only three of the specified grounds were urged on the argument of the defendant’s motion for a new trial. • They were : - •

1. Newly-discovered evidence;

2. Excessive damages ;

3. And insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict.

Upon the two points last named, as the evidence is not made part of the record, the mover relies…