Pashalian v. Big-4 Chevrolet Company

ELGIN T. FULLER, Special Judge.

This case is unique. In the trial there was no witness. There was no written, agreed statement of facts. A jury was waived and the cause tried before the court. The only evidence consisted of statements of facts made by the attorneys for the parties. Some of these statements were made in court and some in chambers. After the brief statements by counsel, most of which had been made by plaintiff’s attorney, the court asked what defendant had to offer. At that time defendant’s attorney made an oral motion to dismiss the case for failure of plaintiff to state a…