Jett v. Old National Bank Building Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered June 24, 1913, granting defendant a new trial unless plaintiff remitted $3,500, after the verdict of a jury for $6,000 for personal injuries sustained in a fall down an elevator shaft.
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition foe Rehearing.
Main, J.
The trial court, in ruling upon the motion for a new trial, entered an order granting the motion unless plaintiff within ten days elected to accept a verdict for $2,500. The plaintiff declined to make the election, and appealed from the order. In 79 Wash. 562, 140 Pac. 554, the judgment of the superior court is affirmed. The plaintiff has filed a petition for rehearing in which he asks that, upon the going down of the remittitur, he be permitted to elect to take a judgment for $2,500. In other words, that after the remittitur is filed in the superior court,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Winningham v. PhilbrickWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Kohler v. Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1894
- Jones v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
- Jett v. Old National Bank Building Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914