Dorfman v. Martin Crawford Motor Co., Inc.

Supreme Court of Connecticut
Dorfman v. Martin Crawford Motor Co., Inc., 136 A. 566 (Conn. 1927)
105 Conn. 774; 1927 Conn. LEXIS 224
Wheeler, Maltbie, Haines, Hinman, Wolfe

Dorfman v. Martin Crawford Motor Co., Inc.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The plaintiff charges, in effect, breach of contract, and the defendant, by counterclaim, does likewise. All the issues were submitted to the jury and the following verdict was returned and accepted by the court:

β€œIn this case the jury finds the issues for the defendant and therefore find the defendant.”

This verdict was incomplete. One of the issues was the amount of the damages and the question was not answered by the jury. The court should not have accepted the verdict in that form, but should have returned the jury for the decision of this issue. The verdict as rendered would not support a judgment, *775 and upon motion should have been set aside for that reason. Smith v. Raymond, 1 Day, 189; Pettibone v. Gozzard, 2 Root, 254; Day v. Webb, 28 Conn. 138, 143. The action of the trial court in setting aside the verdict, though placed upon a wrong ground, will not be disturbed when the verdict should have been set aside upon another ground. Fitch v. Hartford, 92 Conn. 365, 367, 102 Atl. 768.

There is no error.

Reference

Full Case Name
Paul B. Dorfman vs. the Martin and Crawford Motor Company, Inc.
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published