Jung v. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $351.19 for the conversion of bar fixtures and a stock of liquors. The case was tried before Bunn, J.,- and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $300. From an order granting a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover the value of certain property alleged to have been wrongfully taken and converted by defendant. Plaintiffs had a verdict in the court below, which was vacated on motion of defendant, and a new trial granted, upon the ground of the misconduct of the attorney for plaintiffs in certain remarks made by him in his address to the jury, from which order plaintiffs appealed.
The question whether a new trial shall be granted on the ground of misconduct of counsel in his remarks to the jury rests in the sound judicial discretion of the trial court; and when that court has considered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Loucks v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Watson v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Mykleby v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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