Legal Opinion
Hellenic Lines Limited v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 12, 1965No. 28885_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
In this action, tried to the jury, the parties stipulated to try first the issue of liability. At the close of the plaintiff-appellant’s (Hellenic’s) case, the court dismissed the complaint for failure to prove a prima facie ease and directed a verdict for the defendant-appellee (Gulf) on its counter-claims. Under these circumstances we are bound, on review, to consider the evidence and any reasonable inferences which may be drawn from it in the light most favorable to Hellenic.
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