COLLIS v. MARTZ

No. 19118.

397 F.2d 898 (1968)

Curtiss COLLIS, Appellant, v. Hildegarde MARTZ, as Trustee for the Surviving Spouse and Next-of-Kin of Olivia Collis, Decedent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

July 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice H. Rieke of King, MacGregor & Lommen, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Harold E. Farnes of Scallen, Farnes, Evidon & Harder, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before MATTHES and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, Chief District Judge.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

Curtiss Collis, husband of Olivia Collis, deceased, seeks review of the judgment entered against him in a wrongful death suit brought by his wife's trustee, on behalf of their surviving minor children. The sole question on this appeal is whether the District Court, Honorable Gunnar H. Nordbye, erred in refusing to grant appellant's post-trial motion for an appropriate order setting aside the judgment and reducing the $35,000 verdict rendered...

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