City of Memphis v. Uselton

This is an appeal in error by the defendants below from an adverse verdict of the jury and judgment in the amount of $1,250' for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the ignition of escaping gas.

*11At tlie conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence defendants moved for a peremptory instruction in their favor which was overruled; there was a like motion at the close of all of the evidence, which was overruled. Defendant’s motion for a new trial did not include the ground that the court erred in denying this latter motion, hut did rely upon the ground that the weight of the evidence is…