BAYLIS v. TRAVELLERS' INSURANCE COMPANY


113 U.S. 316 (1885)

BAYLIS v. TRAVELLERS' INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John L. Hill for plaintiff in error.

Mr. F.E. Mather for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:

If, after the plaintiff's case had been closed, the court had directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the evidence, with all inferences that the jury could justifiably draw from it, was insufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff, so that such a verdict, if returned, must be set aside, it would have followed a practice sanctioned by...

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