...now moved to amend the poilea by the notes of the Chief Justice, as taken at the trial, by entering a verdict for the defendant on the first count of the declaration ; and insisted, that as the scraper was therein stated to have been affixed to the freehold, the plaintiff...

...It was upon the production of the deed which contains this proviso, that the defendant railed upon the learned Judge to direct the jury to find a verdict for him ; and upon this ground, that in consequence of what took place, the landlord lost this right, or...

...Counsel for the defendant called upon the learned LORD CHIEF JUSTICE to nonsuit the plaintiff, or else to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the evidence given on the part of the plaintiff did not sustain and prove the breach of...

...Counsel for the defendant called upon the learned LORD CHIEF JUSTICE to nonsuit the plaintiff, or else to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the evidence given on the part of the plaintiff did not sustain and prove the breach of...

...exception, counsel fbrthe defendant called upon the Lord Chief Justice to non-suit the plaintiff, or else to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the evidence given on the part of the plaintiff did not sustain and prove the breach of...

...printed and published in the defamatory sense in the Count alleged, and he humbly asked his lordship to direct the Jury to find a verdict for the Defendant on those issues, there being no proof to sustain the innuendoes. He wished his lordship, in taking a note...

...damages would be six cents. The testimony being closed, the defendant's counsel requested the court to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant on the grounds : 1st. That there was no note or memorandum of the contract of sale by Munroe & Co. to the...

...motion for that reason." The court, without objection or exception by counsel for plaintiff, directed a verdict for the defendant on the first count of the declaration, and submitted the .case to the jury on the sole question of the liability of the defendant for the...

...court and jury. The plaintiff having completed its evidence and rested, the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant on the ground, that the evidence does not show that the claim in suit has been presented to the administrator...

...of the whole vessel. At the close of the evidence, the counsel for the defendant requested the court to direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, on the grounds •(!) that the injury sustained by the plaintiff was one occasioned, if there was any negligence,...