Hahn v. Bettingen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $10,000 for breach of promise of marriage. The case was tried before Otis, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $6,000. From an order denying a motion for a new trial on condition that plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $4,000, which condition was duly complied with, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged-breach of promise on the part of appellant to marry respondent. The trial in the court below resulted in a verdict in respondent’s favor for $6,000, which the trial judge reduced to $4,000, upon condition that a new trial be granted in case plaintiff • should refuse to accept the reduced amount; but she acceded to the reduction, and defendant appealed. ,
We are asked to consider the case under three heads: First, that respondent’s testimony is so inherently and apparently unreliable as to justify the conclusion that the evidence does…
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