Halliday v. Lanata

In the record we find the following extract from the minutes of the lower court:

“Alfred Philips, Esq., of counsel for defendant, moved the court that said defendant be allowed the following order, to wit:

“ On motion of C. Roselius and Alfred Philips, of counsel for defendant, it is ordered, that plaintiff do show cause, on-- next, the--instant, at ten A. M., why a new trial should not be granted herein, on the grounds filed.

“Whereupon, the court, for oral reasons assigned, considering the verdict of the jury to be in violation of law and the evidence, and in direct and flagrant violation of…