Meyer v. National Biscuit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
At the conclusion of the evidence in this action for damages on account of personal injuries the defendant company moved for a directed verdict. After argument by counsel for the respective parties the judge announced his decision sustaining the motion. Thereupon plaintiff moved for leave to take a nonsuit. This motion was overruled, and plaintiff duly excepted. The judge then gave a peremptory instruction in obedience to which the jury rendered a verdict for defendant.
While it may be true that there is sufficient elasticity in the conformity act (section 914, Rev. St. U.…
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