Bankard v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The appellant, plaintiff below, claims damages in respect of four lots of cattle transported for him on the railroad of the appellee.

*201In lieu of formal pleadings the case was tried under an agreement, and statement of facts set out in the record.

After the evidence was concluded the plaintiff offered three prayers which were rejected, and the defendant one prayer which was granted; and upon application by the counsel for the plaintiff for leave to argue the case before the jury, the Court below refused such application upon the ground that there was no evidence in the cause legally sufficient,…