Peninsular State Bank v. First National Bank

(after stating the facts). In view of the fact that each party seems to insist that if its motion for a directed verdict was refused, it should have been permitted to go to the jury, attention should be called to the rule that where both parties without reservation move for a directed verdict, neither can in this court insist that the case should have gone to the jury. If the court’s decision is right in law and supported by substantial evidence, the judgment must be affirmed. Hemphill v. Orloff, 238 Mich. 508.

In the recent case of American Surety Co. v. Savings Bank, 242 Mich. 581, after a…