LOW v. SIEWERT

No. 1.

54 Wis.2d 251 (1972)

195 N.W.2d 451

LOW, Appellant, v. SIEWERT and wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Petrie, Stocking, Meixner & Zeisig, S. C., and John A. Stocking, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John A. Stocking.

For the respondents there was a brief by Ames, Riordan, Crivello & Sullivan and Frank T. Crivello, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Frank T. Crivello.


HALLOWS, C. J.

The procedure of reserving the disposition of a motion to direct a verdict until after the jury returns its verdict is the preferred procedure.1 Although such procedure allows some hindsight with a jury's verdict and while an appeal is almost inevitable when the court differs with the verdict, at least a retrial is avoided if there is a reversal. In reviewing the granting of a motion to direct a verdict, this court must...

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