| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1912 - 712 pages
...appellant in the management of the waters in the sanitary channel, the peremptory instruction offered by it at the close of plaintiff's evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, should have been given. The evidence on the part of appellee tended to prove that prior to the turning... | |
| John Collyer - 1878 - 892 pages
...any thing whatever, personally, to do with the fraud, or that he knew that any fraud was practiced. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, a motion was made on behalf of defendant Dickerson, to dismiss the complaint as to him, on the ground... | |
| 1919 - 2038 pages
...ERBOB <@=>883 — DIRECTION OF VERDICT — PROPRIETY. Where defendant requested a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence, and again at the close of all of the evidence, it cannot oe heard to say that the case ought to have gone to the Jury ; plaintiff's... | |
| 1911 - 1168 pages
...the ground that there was no evidence to connect these two defendants with the contract sued upon ; and again, at the close of all the evidence in the case, counsel moved for a directed verdict as to the defendant Deming. These motions were denied, and each... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 840 pages
...weight as evidence at another trial. The defendant, at the close of the plaintiff's evidence in chief, and again at the close of all the evidence in the case, moved to dismiss the action for want of jurisdiction, because Broughton had only a nominal interest,... | |
| 1904 - 1174 pages
...knowing, how near the end of the handle, when thrown toward the track, would be to a passing freight car. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, and again at the close of all the testimony in thé case, appellant offered an instruction directIng the Jury to find the defendant not... | |
| 1908 - 1168 pages
...were wont to play with the turntable, and that It knew or ought to have known of the danger to them. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, and again at the close of all of the evidence, the defendant requested the court to direct a verdict In It» favor. The plaintiff... | |
| 1885 - 664 pages
...complaint alleged and it was proved on the trial that the death was caused hi the State of New Jersey. At the close of plaintiff's evidence and again at the close of the evidence on both sides, defendant moved for a non-suit on the ground, among others, that the statute... | |
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