JACOBS v. MILES

25 VLR 511·MADDEN, C.J., HOLROYD, and HODGES, JJ.
25 VLR 511
25 VLR 511
JACOBS v. MILES Supreme Court of Victoria (Full Court) MADDEN, C.J., HOLROYD, and HODGES, JJ. 01 March 1900 Practice — "Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order LVIII., r. 4 — Motion for new trial — Action tried by jury — Power of Full Court to enter judgment .

In an action for slander and assault, where the jury have admittedly given a perverse verdict, the Full Court, upon a motion for a new trial, has no jurisdiction to enter up a judgment for the plaintiff, but must direct a new trial.

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