Dockey v. Dockey

The plaintiff brought this action against her husband to recover the sum of $1000. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant filed a motion for a judgment n. o. v. and a new trial. Three reasons were originally filed in support of these motions, but counsel for defendant in his brief of argument states that the first and second reasons are the only ones relied upon to sustain the motions. The first reason complains of our action in refusing to direct a compulsory non-suit, and the second, of our refusal to give binding instructions for the defendant.

The refusal of the…