Evju v. Barbers' Union, Local 134
Evju v. Barbers' Union, Local 134
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff sued to recover salary alleged to be due the estate of Carl Evju, deceased. A jury’s verdict favorable to plaintiff was set aside by order granting a new trial. The appeal is taken from this order.
The decedent was elected secretary-treasurer of defendant union in January, 1934, when the union by-laws
In holding that the appellant has failed to show reversible error we rely upon the accepted rule that when a motion for a new trial is granted under these circumstances, it will be presumed that the trial court properly exercised its judgment, and the order will not be reversed unless it appears that there was a manifest abuse of discretion. (20 Cal. Jur., pp. 30, 31, 112, 113; Gordon v. Roberts, 162 Cal. 506, 508 [123 Pac. 288]; Owings v. Gatchell, 32 Cal. App. (2d) 482, 488 [90 Pac. (2d) 368].) The appellant has not shown an abuse of discretion, but relies wholly upon a conflict in the evidence which she contends might have supported the verdict if the new trial had not been granted. The accepted rule is that this is not a sufficient showing upon an appeal of this character.
The order is affirmed.
Sturtevant, J., and Spence, J., concurred.
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