Legal Opinion
Hawn v. Yakima County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1916No. 13337PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Yakima county, Preble, J., entered September 8, 1915, granting a new trial after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action in tort.
1Per curiam
Appeal from an order granting a new trial upon the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. We have held in an unbroken line of decisions that the discretion to so order is vested in the lower court, and that its judgment when so entered will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a manifest abuse of such discretion. The record presents no such abuse.
The judgment is affirmed.
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Funk v. HorrocksWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- Getty v. HuttonWashington Supreme Court · 1920
- Shead v. RiserWashington Supreme Court · 1925
- Murray v. Star Paint & Wall Paper Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1918