...track before the car was pushed. It is first insisted that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the negligence of Preese, a fellow servant, was the proximate cause of plaintiff's injury. In this connection...

...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 the plaintiff was clearly guilty of negligence that contribiited to the happening of the accident. 89 NJL...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...contributory negligence operated as a proximate cause of his death. "4. Because his Honor erred in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the judgment in the case of Roberta C. Stone against the Coast Line was a bar to this action, in that it...

...Juice" of commerce. At the close of the testimony the United States attorney moved the court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that the evidence showed the liquor to be an alcoholic compound, containing alcohol in large percentages: that...

...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...