Carter White Lead Co. v. Kinlin
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Davis, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. In instructing the jury the court erred in omitting essential elements of the case. {Hale v. Sheehan, 36 Neb., 439; City of Plattsmouth v. Boeelc, 32 Neb., 297; City of York v. Spellman, 19 Neb., 385; Nelson v. Johansen, 18 Neb., 183; Gilbert v. Merriam & Roberson Saddlery Co., 26 Neb., 194; Bowie v. Spaids, 26 Neb., 635; Range v. Brown, 23 Neb., 817.) The…
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Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Davis, J. The facts are stated by the commissioner. In instructing the jury the court erred in omitting essential elements of the case. {Hale v. Sheehan, 36 Neb., 439; City of Plattsmouth v. Boeelc, 32 Neb., 297; City of York v. Spellman, 19 Neb., 385; Nelson v. Johansen, 18 Neb., 183; Gilbert v. Merriam & Roberson Saddlery Co., 26 Neb., 194; Bowie v. Spaids, 26 Neb., 635; Range v. Brown, 23 Neb., 817.) The contract is void for want of mutuality. {Stiles v. McClellan, 6 Colo., 89; Toionsend v. Fisher, 2 Hilton [N. Y.], 47;…
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, C.
The assignments of error relied on by the plaintiff in error relate to the giving of instructions and to the sufficiency of the evidence. It is not contended that any of the instructions misstated the lav/, but the complaint is that they omitted certain features of the case upon which the jury should have been instructed, both in stating the issues and the law applicable thereto. For the most part these assignments clearly fall within the rule that a failure to fully instruct the jury upon the issues and law of the case is not open to review, unless the party complaining requested…
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