Rick v. Williams

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony on the trial of this case, the court directed a verdict, which, in effect, was a dismissal of the suit. The plaintiff has moved for a new trial. The facts developed by the testimony were, in brief, these: The plaintiff testified that he was an “advertising solicitor,” and that among other advertisements solicited by him-were such as specialists furnished for the cure of so-called “private diseases.” In 1885 he opened correspondence with the defendant, who was a “specialist,” practicing his calling at Milwaukee, for the sale to him, for a…