STOBBS v. CUMBY

Gen. No. 10,012.

9 Ill. App.2d 138 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 448

Margaret Nell Stobbs, Executor of Last Will and Testament of Clarence Elvin Nell, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray Cumby, Clarence C. Hatcher and Thomas S. Smith & Sons, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Released for publication March 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rinaker, Smith & Hebron, of Carlinville, and Julian Hutchens, of White Hall, for defendants-appellants.

W.O. Harp, of Roodhouse, and L.A. Mehrhoff, of Carrollton, for plaintiff-appellee.


JUDGE REYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes to this court on a petition for leave to appeal from the order granting a new trial in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Illinois. The jury found the defendants "Not Guilty" and the trial court granted a new trial solely on the ground that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence, stating that there were no other errors in the trial of the case.

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