Field v. Clippert

Long.

We shall not discuss this case, or pass upon any of the questions raised in the record, except' the action of the trial court in disposing of it before the parties or either of them had rested.

The action was replevin. After the plaintiffs had introduced their testimony, and while the case was yet in the hands of the defendant, the court directed the jury to render a verdict for the defendant for a return of the property. The facts in relation thereto, as stated in the record, are as follows:

cfMr. Kane [attorney for defendant] stated that he wished to offer further testimony to show the…