Collins v. United Brokers Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: George G. Bingham, Judge. In Banc. This is an appeal from the judgment on a verdict for $718.67, returned by the jury in the trial of J. W. Collins and A. M. Bolter, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. United Brokers Company, a Corporation, Defendant and Appellant.
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From Marion: George G. Bingham, Judge. In Banc. This is an appeal from the judgment on a verdict for $718.67, returned by the jury in the trial of J. W. Collins and A. M. Bolter, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. United Brokers Company, a Corporation, Defendant and Appellant. The plaintiffs’ theory of the case, as recited in their complaint, is .substantially as follows: That they contracted with the defendant in reference to supplying it with a carload of onions, to be sold on commission of 10 per cent; that plaintiffs, the growers of the onions, were to sort and sack them and prepare them for…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
1,2. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant moved the court for an order directing the jury to return a verdict in its favor. The refusal of the court to grant the motion is predicated as error. In considering this motion, every reasonable intendment and every fair and legitimate inference which can arise from the evidence must be made in favor of the .plaintiffs. It is elementary law in this state, that in passing upon defendant’s motion for a directed verdict all competent evidence in the record was entitled to consideration by the court in the light most favorable to the…
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