Case Name: JOHN W. MAHER, Respondent, v. OLE BOLSTAD and Minnekota Elevator Company, a Corporation, Appellant
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 1923-04-14
Citations: 49 N.D. 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHN W. MAHER, Respondent, v. OLE BOLSTAD and Minnekota Elevator Company, a Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: BeoNsoN, Oh. J., and ChbistiaNsoN, Bikdzell, and Nuessle, JJ., concur.
Reporter: North Dakota Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 705–707

Head Matter:
JOHN W. MAHER, Respondent, v. OLE BOLSTAD and Minnekota Elevator Company, a Corporation, Appellant.
(193 N. W. 308).
Opinion filed April 14, 1923.
F. B. Lambert, for appellant.
SinnesSj Duffy & Wheeler, for respondent.

Opinion:
JohNsoN, J.
This is a conversion action. The facts are similar to those in the case of Maher v. Boehmer, ante, 592, 192 N. W. 723. The trial court had the same erroneous impression as to the law in both cases, and in this case directed a verdict for the defendant elevator company. In each case, on motion by the plaintiff, a new trial was ordered.
The decision in this case should follow that in the companion case of Maher v. Boehmer, supra. Appellant alleges that there was such defect of proof upon the question of quantity, demand and mai'ket value, that a new trial should have been denied. This contention cannot be sustained. We see no reason for questioning the correctness of the action of the trial court in ordering, in the exercise of its discretion, a new trial.
The order of the trial court is affirmed.
BeoNsoN, Oh. J., and ChbistiaNsoN, Bikdzell, and Nuessle, JJ., concur.