Layman v. Hall Omar Baking Co.

A suit to recover damages because of personal injuries was instituted by plaintiff-appellant. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence the trial court sustained a motion for a directed verdict for defendant-appellee.

Here appellant by a motion for new trial alleges the verdict is contrary to law and that the trial court erred in instructing the jury to find for defendants.

This court is properly said to have approved the theory that the material allegations of appellant’s complaint which are essential to recovery must be supported by “substantial” evidence as differentiated from a mere…