If the case had been submitted to the jury upon the testimony introduced, and a verdict had been returned for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside for want of any evidence to warrant it. Pittsburgh Legal Journal - Página 861883Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1872 - 978 páginas
...proving malice, which he has failed to do. If the case had been left to the jury, and they had found for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the Court to set aside that verdict. In this judgment my brothers Byles and Brett concur. We are of opinion that the... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 672 páginas
...be held liable, and if the case had been submitted to the jury on this point, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside. Harrison v. Fane, ubi supra. The ruling of the court in giving the opening and close to the defendant... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - 1877 - 902 páginas
...proving malice, which he has failed to do. If the case has been left to the jury, and they had found for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the Court to set aside that verdict. In this judgment my brother Byles and Brett concur. "We are of opinion that the... | |
| 1908 - 1118 páginas
...stated, the trial court was warranted in directing a verdict for the defendant. Had the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside and award a new trial. In such cases the court may direct a verdict in accordance with the requirements... | |
| 1883 - 1914 páginas
...INSTRUCTION TO FIND FOK DEFENDANT. Where, if the case had been left to the jury and a verdict had been found for the plaintiff, it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside as contrary to the evidence, it was correct to instruct them to find for the defendant. At Law. Armstrong... | |
| 1883 - 632 páginas
...is no proof of such a delivery, and had the rejected deposition of O'Connel been admitted, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, it would have...produced by the defendants at the trial on the call of the plaintiff. In these circumstances it was the clear duty of the Court to refuse the deposition of... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - 1902 - 766 páginas
...afforded by its probate, and had the matter been submitted to the jury and a verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff it would have been the duty of the court to set it aside as against evidence. In addition to this, we think the evidence affirmatively established not only... | |
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