...the blow being received was due to negligence ou the part of the defenders." The Court granted a rule to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted. The argument is sufficiently indicated in the Opinion of the Lord President. Avizandum,...

...Hawkins, for the defendant Plater, in Michaelmas Term, [ 272 ] has obtained a rule for a new trial, on the ground that the learned Judge misdirected the jury in telling them and in holding that the defendant Plater was not entitled to the protection or privileges afforded...

...for the Baronet, but on appeal to the King's Bench, a rule was granted by the great Lord Ellenbcrough to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted as, in his lordship's opinion, the fact of a definite contract had been established,...

...the defendants' duty to give notice to the consignor of the consignee's refusal to receive the goods: that the learned Judge misdirected the jury in telling them that the defendants were not liable for leakage, during the transit, by accident, or unless the leakage arose...

...Overend, in last Michaelmas Term, had obtained a rule, calling upon the defendant to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground that the learned Judge ought to have decided, and so directed the jury, that the votes in question for the defendant, not...

...tbe plaintiff, with 151. damages, Collier, in the same Term, obtained a rule ni-si for a new trial, on the ground that the learned Judge misdirected the jury in telling them that in awarding damages they should consider the motives of the defendant, and give a different measure...

...the jury to find for the plaintiff, and therefore there ought to be a new trial. [They also contended that the learned judge misdirected the jury in telling them that the breach took place on September 12 — the date most favorable to the plaintiff's case — instead of...

...to the 10 per cent, which the jury gave as upon a compulsory sale: Or, why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the learned Judge misdirected the jury in telling them that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the difference in value between the lease which was avoided and the...

...jury by the learned judge, they found for the defendants. A rule having been obtained for a new trial on the ground that the learned judge misdirected the jury in telling them that there was evidence of contributory negligence in the plaintiffs. B RAM WELL, 15. This is a case of...

...indicted for obstructing a highway. The defendant was acquitted, and a rule was granted to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had on the grounds of improper reception of evidence, misdirection, and that the verdict was against the weight...