Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Hall

Supreme Court of the United States
Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Hall, 124 U.S. 121 (1888)
8 S. Ct. 397; 31 L. Ed. 369; 1888 U.S. LEXIS 1841

Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Hall

Opinion

MR. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

- This judgment is reversed on the authority of Metropolitan Railroad Co. v. Moore, 121 U. S. 558, and the cause remanded 'with directions to take further proceedings therein in accordance with the opinion in that case, that is to say, to consider the appeal from the order at,special term denying the motion of the Inland and Seaboard Coasting Company for a new trial, made on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence.

Reversed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Inland and Seaboard Coasting Company v. Hall
Status
Published
Syllabus
An appeal lies to the general term of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from a denial by that court in special term of a motion for a new trial, made on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.