Ploughe v. Indianapolis Railways, Inc.

The appellant sued the appellees for damages for personal injuries. At the conclusion of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict for the appellees. Error is predicated on the overruling of the appellant’s motion for a new trial and this calls for a con- % sideration of the evidence.

On May 5, 1941, this court promulgated Rule 1-9, which became effective on September 1 of that year and continued in force until September 6, 1943, when Rule 1-9 of the 1943 Revision became operative. Prior to the last revision the rule read:

“The judge who presides at the trial of a cause shall rule on the…