 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1917 - 840 pages
...(3) because the trial court, although requested so to do, at the close of the whole case, refused to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that no negligence on its part was disclosed, and (4) because the trial court, although requested so to... | |
 | 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 - 1916 - 830 pages
...The questions raised by defendant's assignments are: (1) That the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that the evidence did not establish negligence on the part of the defendant railway company. (2) And on the further ground... | |
 | 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 - 1920 - 800 pages
...the description. At the close of plaintiff's testimony defendant's counsel moved the court, — "to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the contract is void under the statute of frauds for the reason that the description is ambiguous, uncertain... | |
 | 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 - 1896 - 776 pages
...THOMAS RANKIN v. WILLIAM KNEALE. [See 97 Mich. 72.] Contract — Escrow — Delivery. The direction of a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that the contract sued upon had never been delivered to the plaintiffs, is sustained . Error to Ionia. (Dodds,... | |
 | 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 - 1910 - 804 pages
...After the proofs had been put in in the circuit court in the present case, the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the undisputed facts showed that the defendant had probable cause for instituting the criminal prosecution,... | |
 | 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 - 1891 - 796 pages
...in judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, where the circuit judge directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, on. the ground that the lease was invalid, p,s opposed to public policy; that the lessor had no right to grant the exclusive... | |
 | 1901 - 2042 pages
...the testimony, on motion of defendant's co'insel, the court took the case from the jury, and directed a verdict In favor of the defendant, on the ground that the evidence on the part of the plaintiff showed contributory negligence on his part. It is to reverse that direction... | |
 | 1886 - 520 pages
...Sanford v. Crocheron. jury, there was also united with it the further request that the court should direct a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the evidence shoved that the principal of the debt had been paid, and no action for interest would lie after that.... | |
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... a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that the... 
