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OPP v. SYKES

Docket Nos. 18942, 18943.

194 Cal.App.2d 208 (1961)

15 Cal. Rptr. 1

KATHLEEN OPP, Respondent, v. ADELINE MAE SYKES, Appellant. WILMA H. TATUM, Respondent, v. ADELINE MAE SYKES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacey, Holbrook and Meyenberg, Richard E. Holbrook and Garth V. Lacey for Appellant.

Bardin, Cunningham & Panelli, Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland & Teerlink and Edward J. Niland for Respondents.

DUNIWAY, J.

In these cases, the appeals are from an order granting motions for new trial. We conclude that the conclusive presumption, established by Code of Civil Procedure, section 657, that the order was not granted on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict, applies.

The other ground of the motions, "that the verdict is against the law" does not support the order. It follows that the order must be reversed.

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