Judgments unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
Memorandum:
After a period of deliberation, the jury returned and announced that "we find negligence in the degree of 90 per cent for Mrs. Wood and 10 per cent for Merced". Thus, the jury found both defendants guilty of some degree of negligence. The court then had two alternatives. It could have entered the verdict as against both defendants or could...
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