Getty v. Hutton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Hurn, J., entered May 6, 1919, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
Suit for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff moved for a new trial on all of the grounds giyen by the statute. At the hearing of the motion, stress was laid on the alleged facts that there had been misconduct of counsel for defendant and of defendant himself, and that some of the jurors were incompetent, disqualified, and prejudiced, and because of insufficiency of the evidence and errors occurring at the trial. Some of these grounds were supported by affidavits. The court made an order granting a new trial without specifying upon what ground or grounds the…
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