Moilanen v. Blake Furniture Co.
Moilanen v. Blake Furniture Co.
Opinion of the Court
— This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in a case where the respondent was plaintiff and the appellant was defendant. Upon a former trial of the same case, a verdict was also given in favor of the appellant and a new trial was thereupon granted.
It is contended by the appellant that the lower court abused its discretion in granting the new trial where, there had already been two trials. We do not think that this can be said to be such an abuse of discretion as would justify the interference of this court.
It is next contended that, inasmuch as the order granting a new trial recited that the court “being of the opinion that a new trial should be granted for
The judgment is affirmed.
Parker, C. J., Main, and Mackintosh, JJ., concur.
Reference
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- John Moilanen v. Blake Furniture Company
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- Appeal (406) — Review—Discretion—Granting New Trial. The granting of a new trial where the court had already granted two new trials against the defendant is not of itself sufficient to uphold a charge of abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court. New Trial (56-1) — Proceedings—Order Granting New Trial. An order granting a new trial “for errors occurring in the trial of said cause,” is not to be limited merely to that provision of Rem. Code, § 399, authorizing a new trial for “error in law occurring at the trial,” where other grounds were assigned under other subdivisions of that section of the code.