Court Opinion

ID: 6990128
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 03:23:29.605017+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:09:35.212731
License: Public Domain

Pillsbury, J. The question whether the services were performed as a mere gratuity was submitted to the jury upon the instructions asked by the defendant below, which presented the legal points in so clear a light that the jury must have understood the true issue between the parties. Ho errors of law are raised by the record nor urged by counsel for appellant, but we are asked to reverse the judgment because the finding is against the weight of the evidence. A careful consideration of the evidence convinces us that there is sufficient proof in the record to sustain the finding, and that we should not interfere in this case unless we are prepared to do so in every case, where, perhaps, we might be disposed to determine the fact otherwise, were the question presented to us for decision in the first instance. Some effect should be given to the findings of fact by a jury, and where two juries have found the same way upon a single question of fact, and about which they could not be misled, their verdict should not be set aside and their findings ignored, except when it is evident they have been actuated by passion or prejudice. ¡Nothing of that kind appears in this record, and we affirm the judgment. Judgment affirmed.