Hyde v. Haak’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““There have been three trials before a jury, and each time a verdict has been rendered in favor of the plaintiffs. Twice the court below set the verdict aside, upon the motion of the defendants, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. After three verdicts, the court refused to grant a new trial. Defendants now ask that this action of the circuit court be reviewed. “ It is unnecessary to review the testimony. There was substantial evidence in behalf of the plaintiffs. Three juries have believed the witnesses on the part of the plaintiffs, rather than those in behalf of the defendants. It is not contended that there is not a conflict of evidence, so that the question is a proper one for the jury. After three juries have passed upon it, we think the court below was justified in refusing a fourth trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Krouse v. Detroit United Railway