Court Opinion

ID: 6641142
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 20:45:19.140064+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:59:14.551272
License: Public Domain

Mb. Justice Holloway:
I dissent. I particularly disagree with the order remanding, the cause for a new trial as to the fourth cause of action only. I am of the opinion that the entire cause should be retried, for, while the complaint contains four distinct causes of action, the jury found for the plaintiffs in a gross sum, without determining the amount which they should recover on each cause of action separately. For this reason, I believe the verdict entirely insufficient. (22 Enc. PL & Pr. 850, and cases cited.) The cause is remanded for a new trial upon the fourth cause of action, and, if upon a second trial the jury should return a verdict for a, sum less than the amount claimed, I am of the opinion that the: district court *523would be unable intelligently to properly modify tbe existing judgment, for the reason that it could not determine whether the verdict upon a second trial was for a greater or less amount than the verdict on that cause of action on the first trial.