 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1836 - 644 páginas
...common highway, from time immemorial, through the close. A verdict was found for the defendant; and upon a motion for a new trial, because the verdict was against the weight of evidence, the court said: Several witnesses testified to the existence of the way, in some... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1857 - 724 páginas
...plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff the amount of the due bill and cost of suit Defendant moved for a new trial, because the verdict was against the evidence and against law and justice ; and because the charge was contrary to law. Cabiness Vs. Crawford and wife.... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1918 - 870 páginas
...plaintiff of $5,038.35 was rendered, from which defendant appeals. In the court below the defendant made a motion for a new trial because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, because the answer of the jury to a special question submitted to them was... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1854 - 570 páginas
...were known in commerce as blankets. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, because the verdict was against the evidence, and also for newly discovered evidence. The questions were argued before Mr. Justice Woodbury, at the last... | |
 | David Graham (Jr.) - 1855 - 650 páginas
...made a mistake in giving his evidence."(2) So Hammond v. Wadi.ams,(3) cited above. The demandant moved for a new trial, because the verdict was against the evidence, and because testimony was given on the trial by one John Fanning, which testimony, if credited by the jury,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1869 - 632 páginas
...of the court. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for $3,000. Defendant entered a motion for a new trial, because the verdict was against the weight of evidence, which the court overruled, and rendered judgment on the verdict. Defendant thereupon... | |
 | 1864 - 572 páginas
...always referred to.] Cur. ado. vuli. Jan. 30. — MONAHAN, C. J — This case comes before the Court on a motion for a new trial, because the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The action was brought by Kenny against Cbisholm, a master tailor. The plaint says... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1869 - 696 páginas
...evidence on the part of the plaintiff tending to establish that fact. It was rightly held that, upon the motion for a new trial because the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of evidence, his determination was final and conclusive ; not subject to exceptions, nor affording any... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1869 - 714 páginas
...grounds : first, because the damages assessed by the jury were excessive and unreasonable ; second, because the verdict was against the evidence, and the weight of the evidence submitted to the jury ; third, because the counsel for plaintiff, in his closing argument, stated facts... | |
 | New South Wales. Supreme Court - 1872 - 558 páginas
...dismissal. [Stephen, CJ, referred to Ridgway \. Hnn<ierford Market Co. (/,).] Another ground taken was, that the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence ; and it was submitted that under this it was still open (though the point was not taken at the trial) to... | |
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After the verdict the defendant filed a motion for a new trial because the verdict was against the evidence and the weight of the evidence and because the damages were excessive. 
