Missouri Can Co. v. Ross

In this case the principal contentions are that a demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence should have been sustained, and that the court should have directed a verdict for the defendant. In arguing these propositions the defendant does not do what the law requires, viz., take into consideration only those facts and those inferences of fact which are favorable to the plaintiff. On the other hand, its own evidence is frequently brought forward and urged as breaking down the plaintiff’s case, and in every instance in which the plaintiff’s testimony is susceptible of an adverse interpretation it is…