Feldser v. Beeman

At the close of the testimony on the part of the plaintiff, the defendants submitted prayers requesting that a verdict in favor of the defendants be directed on the alternative theories that there was no legally sufficient evidence from which the jury could find the defendants guilty of negligence; or, if there were such testimony, that the plaintiff would be barred from a recovery because of contributory negligence. The court refused the prayers and the case went to the jury without the introduction of any testimony in behalf of the defendants, and the judgment on the verdict rendered was…