Legal Opinion
Higson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 1968No. Civ. 24314PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElkington, J.
Plaintiff J. Wayne Higson appeals from an order granting defendant Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. (herein called "Ward”) a new trial. Ward cross-appeals from a judgment for $10,000 which was entered in favor of plaintiff after a court trial.
We shall first consider plaintiff’s appeal.
The trial court specified that the new trial was granted on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the decision. Plaintiff' urges, among other things, that the order is void because the trial court, although properly stating the ground of the order, did not state its reasons as required by Code of…
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