Lawson v. Producers & Refiners Corp. of Tennessee

Lawson sued the defendant corporation before a justice of the peace to recover $500', damages to his automobile truck caused by the alleged negligence of the driver of defendant’s truck in running same into his truck. The justice of the peace entered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $500, and defendant appealed to the circuit court, where a jury returned: a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $500'.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s proof, counsel for defendant moved: for a directed verdict in this language:

“If your Honor please, I think on the plaintiff’s own statement we are entitled to a…