... that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there Is literally no evidence, but whether there Is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party... The Supreme Court Reporter - Page 1191897Full view - About this book
| 1917 - 1214 pages
...established a more reasonable rule — that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not...the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof rests." Since the decision in Matter of Case I believe the rule first above quoted from the Linkhauf... | |
| Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - 1888 - 868 pages
...done at the trial, and the rule laid down that in every case before the evidence is left to the jury there is a preliminary question for the judge, not...evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury may properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.... | |
| 1889 - 1240 pages
...have established a more reasonable rule, that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not...there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to iind a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed." On this same point... | |
| Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1889 - 1428 pages
...the evidence is left to the jury, there is, ormay be ineyerv case, a preliminary niu^tior) fojrjhe judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can property proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the burden of proof is imposed."... | |
| Austin Abbott - 1889 - 246 pages
...to preclude oral evidence.) The rule, that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but wliether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1890 - 736 pages
...have established a more reasonable rule, that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not...producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.}; Very strong doubts are entertained whether the construction, of the language employed by the judge,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1890 - 1182 pages
...upon the evidence, was not entitled to recover. In every case before the evidence is left to the jury there is a preliminary question for the judge, not...jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the parties producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed. Pleasant» v. Fant, 89 US 22 Wall. 120,... | |
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