Lohse v. Coffey
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in an action for personal injuries resulting from alleged food poisoning.
We are called upon to review only one ruling, namely, the refusal of the trial judge to direct a verdict for defendant upon the whole evidence. The trial was reported stenographically and we have examined the transcript with care, not of course to weigh the evidence factually as a jury would do, or to assay the testimony for preponderance, but to determine its legal sufficiency and whether it was sub-' stantial enough to be…
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