Donoho v. Lewis

The plaintiff in error, as plaintiff, sued the defendants in error in the district court of Dallas county to recover $15,500, alleged to be due him by reason of certain matters specifically stated in the petition. In addition to a general denial, the defendants specially plead certain defensive matters. A jury having been impaneled, and the plaintiff in error having introduced his testimony, and the defendants in error having declined to introduce any testimony, the plaintiff in error moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor for the amount claimed in his petition…