O'DONNELL v. GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO.

No. 30640.

109 F.Supp. 590 (1951)

O'DONNELL v. GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

June 21, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert O. Hepperle, San Francisco, for plaintiff.

Dunne, Dunne & Phelps, San Francisco, for defendant.


HULEN, District Judge.

The sole issue urged by defendant in support of its motion for a new trial is that the verdict of the jury in favor of plaintiff, assessing damages at $65,000, is excessive.

The law governing the trial judge in passing on this character of issue has been often stated. No useful purpose would be served by repeating it.

There is substantial evidence in this case from which the jury could find that plaintiff had an expectancy in...

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