In Re Estate of Cooke

1 Reported in 298 N.W. 571. After a verdict for respondent in the sum of $2,000, appellants' motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial was denied, and they appeal.

The decision on a former appeal is reported in In re Estate of Cooke, 207 Minn. 437, 292 N.W. 96. We there held that upon that record the verdict of $2,125 was excessive. The present verdict was rendered upon the same claim. In the decision referred to there was an adequate statement of the basis of the claim and the applicable law. A perusal of the record of this trial shows a painstaking…