Schmalz v. Maxwell

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a $50,000 judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs in a replevin action. Post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial were denied. Defendants contend the judge’s findings are not consistent with the evidence at trial, and newly discovered evidence contradicts sworn testimony upon which the trial judge based his findings. We affirm.

FACTS

Dr. Jeanette Opsahl Vickery was appellant Vera Maxwell’s sister, and appellant Betty Allen is Maxwell’s daughter. Appellant Marjorie Ironside Barnes was a close friend of Vickery since…