Grissett v. Ward

CAMPBELL, Judge.

The defendants present two questions for decision. (1) Was there sufficient evidence to withstand a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendants? (2) Did the trial judge commit prejudicial error in the instructions to the jury?

In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to withstand a motion for a directed verdict, all of the evidence which supports the plaintiff’s claim must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him, giving him the benefit of every reasonable inference which, legitimately, may be drawn therefrom, and with…