Hilbert v. Dougherty

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant, Elbert E. Dougherty, Jr., and as against plaintiff, Rosa Pearl Hilbert, as administrator of the estate of Richard Hilbert, deceased, entered in the Circuit Court of Wabash County on the jury verdict in favor of defendant Dougherty as well as a verdict in favor of the local utility company against whom the action had been instituted. Plaintiff filed a post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and in the alternative, for a new trial as to the defendant Dougherty, which was denied by the Court prior to entry of judgment.

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