Claflin v. New York Standard Watch Co.
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by John Clafliin and others against the New York Standard Watch Company on a promissory note. From a judgment of the ■city court (23 N. Y. Supp. 324) affirming a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.
The bulk of appellants’ voluminous brief is addressed to the point that the verdict is without proof to sustain it, or, at all •events, is against the weight of evidence. But, since at no stage of the trial was a motion made by the plaintiffs for a direction in their favor, we are precluded from consideration of the question whether the verdict be unsupported by evidence. Schwinger v. Raymond, 105 N. Y. 648, 11 N. E. 952. • And by affirmance of the judgment, ■and the order denying a new trial, by the general term of the court below, we are equally powerless to reverse on the ground that the…
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- McKyring v. . BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Marshall v. . DaviesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Holmes v. . MoffatNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Arnstein v. HaulenbeekNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1890
- Schwinger v. . RaymondNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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- Conkling v. . WeatherwaxNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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