| William Blackstone - 1916 - 1376 σελίδες
...the plaintiff. The rule as declared by the supreme court of the United States is that in such a case 'the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant.' Randall v. Baltimore & OR Co., 109 U.-S. 478, 27 L. Ed. 1003, 3 Sup. Ct. Rep. 322; Schofield v. Chicago... | |
| John Abraham MacNeil - 1921 - 836 σελίδες
...v..hen the evidence given at the trial, with all the inferences that the jury could justifiably draw from it, is so insufficient to support a verdict for...the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for defendant. Offutt v. World.s Columbian Exp.. 175 II1. 472. Simmons v. Chicago & TR Co., 11o I11. 340.... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1922 - 916 σελίδες
...against the contestant, the same rule must be applied that obtains in respect to trials in suits at law. The rule in actions at law is that when the evidence...plaintiff that such a verdict, if returned, must be set Opinion. aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for... | |
| Arthur B. Honnold - 1922 - 894 σελίδες
...the jury would properly gather from it, was insufficient to support a verdict for the defendant, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside,...case to the jury, but may direct a verdict for the plaintiff, providing his case has been properly made out. Southern Surety Co. v. Tyler & Simpson Co.,... | |
| Edward Jenkins Whitehead - 1922 - 1030 σελίδες
...Where the evidence given to the jury, with all the inferences that the jury could justifiably draw from it, is so insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff that such a verdict, if rendered, must be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury but may direct a... | |
| 1897 - 1060 σελίδες
...the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside,...jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant." Other cases of equally high authority declare that it is not only the right, but the duty, of the court,... | |
| 1908 - 1052 σελίδες
...jury could justifiably draw therefrom is insufficient to support a verdict for plaintiff so that such verdict, if returned, must be set aside, the court...the case to the jury but may direct a verdict for defendant. 5. EV1DENCE— WEIGHT OF EV1DENCE — CONFL1CTING THEOR1ES. When plaintiff produces evidence... | |
| 1905 - 1050 σελίδες
...plaintiff, and the evidence submitted to sustain the issue is such that a verdict in his favor would be set aside, the court is not bound to submit the case to the jury, but may direct them to find a verdict for the defendant"; and the same principle is reiterated in Treat Manufacturing... | |
| James Patterson McBaine - 1927 - 1074 σελίδες
...the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside,...jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant. Pleasants v. Fant (1874) 22 Wall. 116, 22 L. Ed. 780 ; Herbert v. Butler (1877) 97 US 319, 24 L. Ed.... | |
| 1927 - 1126 σελίδες
...the jury could justifiably draw from it, is insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside,...jury, but may direct a verdict for the defendant.' " [6] In Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Skaggs, 240 Ü. S. 66, 36 S. Ct. 249, 60 L. Ed. 528, Mr. Justice... | |
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