Carton Corporation v. Superior Court

A petition for a writ of mandate directing the Superior Court in and for the County of Alameda to hear and determine a motion for a new trial.

It appears that in an action pending in respondent Court issues of fact are raised by the pleadings; that the cause having come on for trial, evidence was adduced by the plaintiff (who is the petitioner here) in support of the allegations of its complaint, and that upon the conclusion of the latter’s ease a motion by the defendant for a nonsuit, on the ground that plaintiff had failed to prove a sufficient case for the jury, was granted. Thereafter and…