Williams v. Swift & Co.

The court did not err in refusing to grant the defendants’ motion, which is termed a “motion to reinstate the ease,” but is in the nature of a motion to set aside a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for the principal and interest of the promissory notes sued upon. No legal basis for such a motion appears. The record shows that the date of trial had been previously fixed by agreement of counsel, that at the time of trial the defendants made no motion for a continuance, but their counsel announced ready for trial, and that after the introduction of the plaintiff’s proof a verdict in its…