Hawn v. Yakima County

Washington Supreme Court
Hawn v. Yakima County, 93 Wash. 87 (Wash. 1916)
160 P. 7; 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1156

Hawn v. Yakima County

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Appeal from an order granting a new trial upon the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. We have held in an unbroken line of decisions that the discretion to so order is vested in the lower court, and that its judgment when so entered will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a manifest abuse of such discretion. The record presents no such abuse.

The judgment is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
G. W. Hawn v. Yakima County
Cited By
5 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Appeal — Review—Discretion—New Trial. The grant of a new trial for insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict will not be disturbed on appeal except for abuse of discretion.