Cook v. Skinner
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered September 1, 1906, granting a new trial, after a trial on the merits and the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for fraud.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This appeal is taken from an order granting a new trial upon the motion of the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
The action was brought to recover from the defendant a certain tract of land in Spokane county, upon the alleged ground that the defendant acquired the land from plaintiffs by fraud. Issues were joined and a trial was had before the court and a jury. A verdict was returned in favor of the defendant. Thereupon the plaintiffs filed a motion for new trial, upon the following grounds: “(1) Irregularity in the proceeding to the court and jury, by which plaintiffs were prevented from having…
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