Riseberg v. Dalzell Ford Sales, Inc.

1. We do not consider the motion for a directed verdict which the defendant presented at the close of the plaintiffs case because the defendant did not rest and thereafter proceeded to introduce evidence in its own behalf. Martin v. Hall, 369 Mass. 882, 884-885 (1976). 2. Nor do we consider the ground now urged by the defendant in support of the motion for a directed verdict which it presented at the close of all the evidence because that ground was not stated in the motion or, as we read the transcript, otherwise brought to the attention of the judge when the motion was presented and denied.…