Wiebke v. Erickson

OLSEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment or a new trial after verdict in favor of defendants. The action was brought to recover on three promissory notes. The defense interposed was that the claimed indebtedness and the notes sued upon were obtained by plaintiffs by fraud and fraudulent representations.

The assignments of error are that the court erred in denying plaintiffs’ motion for a directed verdict in their favor, in denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and in denying their motion for a new trial.

The first…