Tatum v. Tatum

A motion has been made to set aside the verdict of the jury in favor of the defendant on the ground that it was contrary to the weight of evidence.

The action of a jury in a case like this should not be lightly treated nor readily set aside. Before such a step is taken there should be very good and sufficient reasons. The questions of fact have been submitted to the jury for trial and not to the court, and the jurors are so completely the judges of the facts that it would be improper for the court to express an opinion upon them, or in any manner to intimate what the finding should be.

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