Quarring v. Stratton

Citations

• 85 Wash. 333
• 148 P. 26
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 844

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Record—Necessity—Grant oe New Trial. Where a motion for a new trial, made on all the statutory grounds, was granted, and the record only shows the proceedings after verdict, the order must be affirmed on appeal, since the order may have been granted on other grounds which cannot be reviewed on the record brought up.</p> <p>Trial — Verdict—Mistake—Correction—New Trial. Where the jury returned a verdict for the defendant by mistake, and was discharged and allowed to separate, the court is without power to call the jury together to correct its mistake and render a verdict for the plaintiff; the remedy being to grant a new trial.</p>