Sale v. Montrose Industrial Bank

The jury in this case returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant bank for the sum of $10,236. The parties stipulated during the trial that the court reserve decision on the question of the illegality of the transaction and its effect, if any, upon the plaintiff’s cause of action, until after the rendition of the verdict. At the conclusion of the opening of plaintiff’s counsel, and at the close of plaintiff’s case, counsel for the defendant bank made motions for dismissal of the complaint upon the ground of the illegality of the transaction and at the close of the…