Whitted v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
At Law.. Action by Burt Whitted against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. On motion to set aside a judgment and grant plaintiff leave to take a nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
The facts, in so far as they are applicable to this motion, are as follows :
After all the evidence had been concluded, counsel for plaintiff submitted to the court some special instructions to be given to the jury. The court, after examining them, announced that the instructions would be refused, and that in view of the uncontradicted evidence in the case .a directed verdict for the defendant would be given, if counsel for defendant requested it. Thereupon counsel for defendant announced that he intended to make such a motion, and said something else, which the court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bee Building Co. v. DaltonNebraska Supreme Court · 1903
- American Mortgage Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. MetalstaffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad v. DrydenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
- Ashmead v. AshmeadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
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- Spies v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
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