Mero v. Holly Hudson Motor Co.

Plaintiff in error brought action against defendant in error corporation, based on the asserted negligence of one of its employees. At the close of the evidence, both parties moved for directed verdict and both motions were denied. Thereupon the case was submitted to the jury and verdict returned in favor of plaintiff, upon which judgment was duly entered and defendant given twenty days to file motion for new trial.

*283Defendant filed no motion for new trial, but on the twentieth day after judgment filed a motion entitled “Defendant’s Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict,” wherein for…