Board of Education v. Berry

Miller, President:

In an action of unlawful entry and detainer in the circuit court, the defendant, besides the general issue, by plea put in issue the corporate existence of the plaintiff. In a trial before a jury, after the plaintiff had introduced all its evidence, the circuit court sustained the defendant’s motion to exclude such evidence and directed a verdict for defendant, which the jury returned accordingly. The subseL quent motion of the plaintiff to set aside the verdict and award a new trial did not prevail, and judgment was rendered dismissing the plaintiff’s summons. It does not…