Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank v. Bexten

Hastings, District Judge.

This is an action at law commenced in the district court for Douglas county, Nebraska, by the Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank of Lincoln, Nebraska, as plaintiff, against John H. Bexten, Mary A. Bexten, his wife, and the First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska, as defendants, upon a written contract wherein the plaintiff is named as party of the first part and the defendants Bexten as parties of the second part. At the conclusion of the taking of the evidence the defendants made separate motions asking the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in their favor, *424or,…