| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1859 - 618 pages
...defendant (fraudulent assignment by plaintiff's assignors, and non-delivery under it of personal property), and at the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a nonsuit on those grounds, which was opposed by the plaintiff, and granted by the judge without announcing... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson, Robley D. Cook - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 784 pages
...guilty of such contributory negligence as would forbid a recovery. At the close of the plaintiffs case, and at the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for a nonsuit upon these grounds, which was refused. The jury, under charge of the court, rendered a verdict... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1138 pages
...evidence were: (1) Was the defendant negligent? (2) Was the plaintiff negligent? [1,2] At the close of all the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict on the ground that the evidence failed to show any negligence of the defendant, and on the further ground that the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1194 pages
...crossing, the plaintiff's view, as the automobile neared the crossing, being thereby obstructed. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict on several grounds which may be condensed and adequately stated for the purposes of the caso, as follows:... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1234 pages
...party in possession "shall be or delay caused by the act of God, the public епешу," etc. [2] At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict, assigning as grounds therefor (stated in condensed and comprehensive form) that on all the evidence... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1138 pages
...court overruled the objection, and the witness answered under exception, "Not over 45 seconds." At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict, among other things, on the ground "that there is no general charge of negligence in the declaration,"... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1148 pages
...on the ground that the declaration is general assumpsit, and not special for breach of the contract, and at the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a verdict, for that since the testimony on both sides shows that the plaintiff was paid his wages In... | |
| Idaho. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 938 pages
...barred by the statute of nonclaim or limitation. The action was tried before the court with a jury and at the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a judgment of nonsuit, the principal ground of which was that the evidence showed that the suit was not... | |
| Railroad law - 1910 - 860 pages
...plaintiff, except that they saw the switch engine at work, while plaintiff says he did not see it. At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict. This motion was overruled, and the case submitted to a jury, which found for the plaintiff. The defendant... | |
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