Legal Opinion
Pence v. Melvin
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 24, 1941No. 90484PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PINE, Associate Justice.
Defendants move the court to set aside the judgment for .plaintiff entered herein and to enter judgment for defendants or grant a new trial.
The Motion to Set Aside the Judgment.
This motion is apparently based on the motion for a directed verdict made by defendants at the close of all the evidence. Rule 50(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c.
This is an action for damages on account of alleged malicious prosecution of proceedings before the Police and District of Columbia authorities. The point principally relied' upon by defendants…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Melvin v. PenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942