Mitchell v. Matson
Mitchell v. Matson
Opinion of the Court
FTo question "of law upon any ruling of the court in the progress of the trial is presented by the record. The only question is, Was the verdict contrary to the evidence?
Several witnesses testified touching the genuineness of the note. It is unnecessary here to recapitulate the testimony. ■ It will suffice to determine the present inquiry that the evidence was conflicting. The weight of evidence seems to me to preponderate in favor of the plaintiff. But repeated decisions of this court have settled that it is the exclusive province of the jury to weigh the evidence and judge of the credibility of the witnesses. Where they have acted within their province upon a question of fact, the court will not grant
The litigation in this case has been protracted through a series of years, with repeated trials, no one of which has resulted in favor of the plaintiff. The question is one purely of fact, and hence exclusively within the province of the jury. They have? twice agreed in the same result, and we conceive that neither the rules of law nor the ends of justice require that the controversy he further protracted.
We are of opinion that the court did not err in refusing a new trial, and that the judgment he affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
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