Yockel v. Gerstadt

The plaintiff below (appellant here) sued the defendant (appellee) for damages arising from injuries sustained by him alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. At the close of the plaintiff’s case the defendant offered a number of prayers which the court granted, the effect of granting any one of which was to direct a verdict for the defendant. Under these instructions the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant, upon which verdict judgment was entered in favor of the defendant for costs. Erorn that judgment the appeal here was taken. In the view we take of the case,…