Sheffer v. Rudnick

This is an action of tort for alleged deceit in the sale of real estate. No question of pleading is raised. The record contains substantially all the evidence in. the *206case. At the close of the evidence the defendant made a written motion for a directed verdict which the judge then refused to allow, stating that, in the event of a verdict being returned for the plaintiff, he would reserve leave to enter a verdict for the defendant on the defendant’s motion. The case was submitted to the jury with instructions to which no exception was taken, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in…