 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 712 pages
...the Third District, and a further appeal has been prosecuted to this court. At the close of all the evidence the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, which the court declined to do, and the first reason urged as a ground of reversal is the... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 688 pages
...refer to. The issues were tried to a jury, but when both parties had rested the defendant requested the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant upon the plea of former adjudication, and also upon the plea of failure of consideration, and further... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 772 pages
...operating an approaching train. Upon substantially the foregoing evidence relating to the accident the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor on the first cause of action. The court denied the motion and submitted the case, in so far... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 856 pages
...the defendant moved that the action be dismissed, that the plaintiff be nonsuited, and that the court direct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. Discussion of the first two propositions involved in the motion is wholly unnecessary, for two reasons... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1112 pages
...direct a verdict in favor of the defendant, which motion was denied. At the close of all the testimony defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, which was likewise denied. At the proper time defendant requested certain instructions which... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 2192 pages
...and thereupon the conductor commenced setting* brakes upon the second section. Upon the close of the evidence the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict for the company on the grounds that there was no evidence of negligence on part of the defendant,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1925 - 1124 pages
...the evidence produced by the respective parties. At the close of all the evidence defendant's counsel moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, the court denied the motion, the defendant excepted, and this and other rulings are assigned... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1128 pages
...the mine. After the evidence had been introduced, and the plaintiff and defendant had both rested, the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, for the reason that the evidence conclusively showed that if there was any... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 818 pages
...and a new trial granted on motion of the defendant. From this the plaintiff appeals. At a proper time the defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict for it. This was overruled; and from this the defendant appeals. Bills <& Block, for plaintiff.... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 908 pages
...evidence, directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. The court may, there is no doubt, direct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant in a proper case : Washer v. The Allenville, £c., Co., 81 Ind. 78 ; Weis v. The City of Madison, 75... | |
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At the close of all the evidence defendant moved the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in his favor. 
