King v. Broadhurst
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Harcourt King, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the,clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of July, 1913, upon a dismissal of the complaint "by direction of the court at the close of the case upon a trial before the court and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
At the close of the evidence offered by the plaintiff with respect to the contract upon which he predicates his action, but before the close of his evidence relating to damages,. the court dismissed the complaint, and announced that the ground upon which it was dismissed was that the plaintiff had failed to show an enforcible contract. Before the complaint was dismissed the plaintiff presented some evidence tending to show a basis for the award of damages, provided he established a contract liability, and from the rulings of the court with respect to the evidence bearing on the…
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