Bernard v. City of North Yakima

In this action, the respondent sought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in the wrongful death of his minor female child, of the age of seven years. The case was tried before a jury, and a verdict returned in favor of respondent in the sum of fifteen dollars, which was the amount alleged in the complaint to have been paid out for burial expenses. Respondent filed a motion for a new trial, which was granted by the court in the following order:

“It is' now hereby ordered, that the verdict heretofore rendered and returned by the jury impaneled in said cause and *473before whom said…