Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — DEFENDANT GETS NEW TRIAL [ARTICLE]

DEFENDANT GETS NEW TRIAL

In the Stockton vs. Makeever Damage Case at Fowler. Judge Berry of the Benton-Warren circuit Tuesday granted the motion of defendant for a'new trial in the case of Jay W. Stockton vs. D. S. Makeever, wherein plaintiff had secured a $2,000 verdict recently for damages for malicious prosecution. The principal grounds for granting the motion is understood to have been defendants plea that, the evidence did not justify the judgment. No time or place was set for the new trial, but it is probable that it will not be heard in the same court, although there are no legal obstacles to its being heard there.