 Then, when both sides rested, the defense requested the court to instruct the Jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, which request was refused, and thereafter a motion for a new trial denied.  Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah - Page 138by Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, George L. Nye, Joseph M. Tanner, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, William S. Dalton, Alonzo Blair Irvine, H. Arnold Rich, Harmel L. Pratt - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1885 - 744 pages
...proposed evidence was objected to and excluded. When the evidence was in, counsel for the defendants requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in their favor, for reasons stated in the record as follows : "We think, upon the part of the defendants,... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1915 - 808 pages
...negligence. If there was no evidence of actionable negligence, then it was the duty of the trial judge to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant railway company. Central R. Co. of New Jersey v. Young, 200 Fed. 359, 118 CCA 465." "We requested the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1918 - 728 pages
...for said reason should have sustained defendant's motion, at the close of plaintiff's evidence, to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, and it reversed the judgment without remanding and without any finding of facts. The reversal of the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1908 - 714 pages
...and was thereby killed. The general issue was filed. At the close of all the evidence the defendant requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, which the court declined to do, and the action of the court in that regard has been assigned... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1912 - 644 pages
...himself. At the close of the evidence on behalf of the state, the defendant in error moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant for the following reasons: 1. That the indictment does not charge an offense under the laws of the... | |
 | District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936), Arthur MacArthur - 1875 - 752 pages
..."Wherenpon the defendant, by his counsel, before offering any evidence on his part, moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that, upon the evidence before the jury, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover against... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1904 - 598 pages
...admitted that the messages in question were unrepeated. At the conclusion of the testimony the defendant requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for nominal damages only, on the ground that the evidence failed to show that the... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1919 - 688 pages
...that he assumed the risk, etc. When the evidence was all in and both sides had rested, the company requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The overruling of the motion and the refusal of the court to give the requested instruction... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1904 - 636 pages
...opinion of the court. At the conclusion of the evidence in this case the defendant railway company requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The refusal of this request, among other things, has been assigned as error. The appellant... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1907 - 548 pages
...statement not denied by Davis is not a ground for reversal. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The refusal of the court to give this instruction is assigned as error. It is urged on behalf... | |
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