Goode v. Martin

At the trial of this case in the Court below, an instruction was granted, at the instance of the defendant, that there was no evidence legally sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to recover; and the verdict and judgment being in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff appealed, and the only question presented for our consideration is, whether there was any evidence offered by the plaintiff legally sufficient to be left to the determination of the jury.

The suit was instituted to recover from the defendant, damages for the loss of the services of the plaintiff’s son, who had been bitten by the…