Hasbrook v. Lynch

The complaint avers the plaintiff’s ownership of a parcel of real property therein described, consisting of a city lot and a dwelling house standing upon it, and that on February 6,1932, the defendant wrongfully entered the house, removing from its basement a furnace of the value of $226.50. The answer denies all of the aforementioned allegations of the complaint.

The first assignment of error challenges an order of the circuit court which overruled the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, which was predicated upon the contention that the jury ignored the evidence showing the value of the…