Campbell v. Bryant

This is an action of trover. The defendant had judgment below on a verdict directed at the close of all the evidence and the case comes here on plaintiffs’ exceptions. These exceptions are to the admission of evidence offered by the defendant, to the exclusion of evidence offered by the plaintiffs in rebuttal, and to the granting of defendant’s motion for a verdict.

At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict on grounds hereinafter stated; the same was overruled and he was allowed an exception, but later proceeded with the trial. By so doing he waived…