Court Opinion

ID: 7980822
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 01:05:05.693466+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:35:02.241381
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Dibell, J.
Action to recover damages for a breach of a contract of marriage. There was a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff appeals from an order denying her motion for a new trial.
The only question is whether the evidence sustains the finding of the jury that a contract of marriage was not made. The plaintiff claims that a contract was made by express words. In part she is *183corroborated by the testimony oí a lady friend. The correspondence passing between the parties is quite consistent with the contract claimed. So is the conduct of the defendant. He denies the promise. Neither the correspondence nor the defendant’s conduct necessarily shows his denial untrue.
The view of the trial court on the motion for a new trial is expressed in part as follows:
“There was evidence offered and received which, if believed, would well justify the jury in finding for the plaintiff, and there was evidence which, if believed, would sustain á finding for the defendant. But this court has no power to say which testimony or evidence the jury would believe or that the jury should believe one witness instead of another.”
The verdict might have gone for the plaintiff. Under the evidence a verdict for the plaintiff or for the defendant ends the case.
Order affirmed.