J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. Stahl
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case against the defendants as guarantors on a written contract. .At close of evidence, presiding Justice directed a verdict for plaintiff; to which ruling defendant filed exceptions. The defendants presented to the Law Court only what might be called a summary of the evidence or what was declared to be “the substance of the evidence.” Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
This is an action against the defendants as guarantors for R. M. Stahl in a written contract of guaranty with plaintiff. The presiding Justice ordered a verdict for plaintiff and the case comes forward upon defendant’s exceptions to this ruling.
The record presents what is declared to be “the substance of the evidence in the case so far as it affects the question of liability, and the instructed verdict, and is to be taken as the evidence.”
We have recently and frequently held that when a verdict is directed, and exceptions are taken, all of the evidence necessarily becomes a part of the case…
2Cited by3 opinions
- American Fidelity Co. v. MahoneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1961
- Carey v. Bourque-Lanigan Post No. 5Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
- American Fidelity Co. v. MahoneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1961