| South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1824 - 526 pages
...mjury and was not entitled to recover. The jury appeared to be of that opinion, and found a verdict for the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection of the court. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice There is... | |
| Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 598 pages
...time prescribed, was barrtd by the fine, and he therefore directed the jury to find .a verdict for the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial, on the ground that the husband, who claimed in right of his wife, might enter at any time i/ „„ e»uu... | |
| George Shall Yerger, Tennessee. Supreme Court - 1834 - 626 pages
...defendants in error retook them into their possession. This suit was then brought against them, and the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the defendants in error. Upon which judgment was rendered. The court was requested to charge the jury,... | |
| Jacob D. Wheeler - 1837 - 510 pages
...was due of the sum lent, allowing the wages of the negro aunually to diminish the debt and interest. The jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of forty-eight pounds, estimated as the wages of the negro from the time of plaintiff's... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - 1836 - 406 pages
...that under the issue, that question could not legally be drawn into discussion. The jury found for the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against equity and law. A motion was also made for a repleader, alledging... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Thomas Pendleton Burnett - 1844 - 252 pages
...applicable to the case, and to disregard it. Under the instructions of the court, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial and overruled, and judgment rendered on the verdict. — Brown sued out a writ of error to reverse... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1844 - 896 pages
...the 5th September, 1842. The defendant having filed a plea traversing the facts of the suggestion, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in his favor. Pending the trial, a bill of exceptions was taken, from which it appears that the plaintiff... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson - 1846 - 690 pages
...amount of the sum claimed, including interest and deducting the freight paid for the same. On the part of the defendant, a motion was made for a new trial, on the argument of which the following points were raised: *1. Whether Hervey was a competent witness. [*273]... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1880 - 850 pages
...361. WAKNER, Chief Justice. The plaintiff sued the defendant on an open account for $1,036.42, and on the trial of the case the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the sum of $635.42. A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds... | |
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