Woodbridge v. Du Pont

This case was tried to a jury and at the conclusion' of the evidence the plaintiffs made no motion for a directed verdict. Only after the jury had returned a verdict in favor of the defendants, did their counsel raise any question as to the sufficiency of the evidence, which he did by moving for a new trial in the following language: “I move to set aside the verdict on each of these causes of action on the ground that it is against the weight of evidence, contrary to the evidence, and upon all the grounds set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.” The court denied this, and the only…