Carter-Jones Lumber Co. v. Eblen

Although somewhat lengthy, substantially the whole colloquy between counsel and the trial court regard*196iiig the subject at issue is included in our statement of facts for the purpose of setting forth clearly the typical situation which has, with slight deviations, plagued this court and the other courts of the state since the adoption of the following rule in the case of First National Bank v. Hayes & Sons, 64 Ohio St., 100, 59 N. E., 893:

“Where, at the conclusion of the evidence in a case, each party requests the court to instruct the jury to render a verdict in his favor, the parties thereby…