Sebring v. Underhill

This is a motion to set aside a verdict of no cause of action in a libel case. The trial consumed two weeks. The complaint contains nineteen typewritten pages and the answer ninety-five. The case was keenly contested, and there was testimony adduced on each side of every issue raised. There were no serious contentions in reference to the court’s rulings or charge to the jury; and none are suggested on this motion.

Plaintiff insists that the verdict is contrary to and against the weight of the evidence, and charges that the jury was biased and prejudiced against him by intemperate remarks of…