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174 Ill. App. 439

Greenwald v. Weinberg

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 18, 1912

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1912-11-18

<p>Appeals and ebbobs—conflicting evidence. In an action on a verbal lease defendants’ motion for new trial on the ground that the verdict is contrary to the evidence is properly denied where it does not appear to the court on a review of the evidence that the jury did not find properly on each of the issues,</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1949

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Affirmed · Decided 1912-11-18

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Mr. Justice Baker

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The only ground of reversal urged is that the verdict is so contrary to the evidence that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. In the brief for plaintiffs in error it is stated that the questions in dispute are:

¶3“First. Was this a leasing for a year or from month to month?

¶4“Second. If it was a leasing for a year, was the term to begin on the 23d of April, 1908, or on the first of May, 1908?

¶5“Third. What was the agreement as to payment for gas? Was plaintiff in error to get the gas free or was he to pay for it?

¶6“Fourth. Was the gas or electric light bill or either of them paid for the month of December, 1908 ? ’ ’

¶7On each of the disputed questions above stated the testimony is conflicting, and we cannot on a review of the evidence say that the jury might not properly find on each of such disputed questions against the contention of plaintiffs in error. The case is one of conflicting testimony, where the ^erdict is conclusive, and the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion for a new trial.

¶8The judgment is affirmed,

¶9Affirmed.

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