NEWCOMB v. MEISS

No. 38,317.

263 Minn. 315 (1962)

116 N.W. (2d) 593

FLOYD NEWCOMB v. LELAND MEISS AND ANOTHER.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards, Montgomery, Cobb & Bassford, William G. Bale, and Greer Lockhart, for appellants.

Holt & Prescott, for respondent.


MURPHY, JUSTICE.

This is an appeal from an order denying a new trial and from a judgment in a personal injury action in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The appeal is primarily based on alleged prejudicial error in the court's instructions to the jury.

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as we are required to do, it appears that one of the defendants, Leland Meiss, a resident of Gridly, Illinois, after completing high...

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