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" ... 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 119
1897
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The New York Supplement, Volume 165

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...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeal, Volume 14

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....
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The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad ...

Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1888 - 712 pages
...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 whether there is literally noevidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury may properly proceed to find a verdict for the...
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The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 40

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...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakota

Dakota Territory. Supreme Court, Granville Gaylord Bennett, Ellison Griffith Smith, Robert B. Tripp - 1889 - 590 pages
...every case before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the court, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether...which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict in favor of the party producing it on whom is the burden of proof. (Argued May 16, 1888; affirmed May...
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A Treatise on the Law of Trials in Actions Civil and Criminal, Volume 2

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."...
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A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury

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...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of ..., Volume 114

New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Hiram Edward Sickels - 1889 - 780 pages
...case to the jury there must be evidence CPP & M. Co. v. WALKEH. Opinion of the Court, per HAIOHT, J. upon, -which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for rty producing it. (Dwight v. GL Ins. Co., 103 NY 359.) ** J. This action is one of replevin, brought...
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 14

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,...
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Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States ..., Book 33

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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