WEST v. CAMDEN

No. 278.

135 U.S. 507 (1890)

WEST v. CAMDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.T. Wallis and Mr. E. Calvin Williams for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas W. Hall and Mr. Charles Marshall for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, having stated the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The first instruction virtually took the case from the jury, although it appears that, on a prayer by the defendant to the court to instruct the jury that the plaintiff had offered no evidence legally sufficient to entitle him to recover, and that their verdict must be for the defendant...

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