Rosencrans v. Purrier

Plaintiffs brought suit in the superior court to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by them in an automobile collision alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The action was tried to a jury in October, 1939, and a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiffs in the amount of ten thousand dollars. Defendant duly filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. These motions lay dormant, however, for over twenty months, until they were brought on, presumably by plaintiffs, for hearing on July 10, 1941. Defendant thereupon interposed…