El Reno Gas & Electric Co. v. Spurgeon
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District -Court, Canadian County; W. N. Maben, Judge. Action by C. C. Spurgeon against the El Reno Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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Error from District -Court, Canadian County; W. N. Maben, Judge. Action by C. C. Spurgeon against the El Reno Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Defendant in error in his petition charges that on March 14, 1908, plaintiff below, C. C. Spurgeon, instituted an action against defendant below, the El Reno Gas & Electric Company, seeking to recover damages in the sum of $10,000, charging that on February 12, 1908, the defendant company, acting through its manager, H. H. Stephens, caused to be filed in the county court of Canadian county a criminal…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SHARP, C.
(after stating the facts as above). The motion to direct a verdict in its favor, filed by plaintiff in error, omitting formal parts, is as follows:
“And now, at the close of the evidence adduced on behalf of the plaintiff and the defendant, and after both plaintiff and defendant have rested their case, comes the defendant and moves the court to direct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant for the following reasons, to wit: That the testimony shows that H. H. Stephens, agent of the defendant, before he instituted the said criminal proceedings, fully, fairly, and…
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