Riley v. Prudential Society, Inc.

This suit, commenced in February, 1938, is one in conversion. It was tried before the court and a jury on March 9 and 10, 1939. By stipulation certain specific questions of fact were submitted to the jury by the court with the understanding that on the return of the verdict of the jury on these questions, the jury was to be discharged and the court was to pass on the questions of law involved and direct a verdict on the court’s decision of such questions of law as if the jury had been present at the time of such direction of verdict.

On trial before the jury the proof was substantially as…