Sellers v. Looper

This is an action for damages based on fraudulent misrepresentations pertaining to the well on property plaintiffs purchased from defendants. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs. On motion, the trial court granted judgment in favor of defendants notwithstanding the verdict, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs assign as error the court’s allowing the defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. They contend that such a motion can be based only on the grounds provided in ORS 18.140 (1) and that the motion for a directed verdict was a shotgun assertion and…