BELL v. BROWN

No. 7988.

128 F.2d 317 (1942)

BELL v. BROWN.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 11, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Gallagher, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. William B. O'Connell and Dennis Collins, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Howard Boyd, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edmund L. Jones and Joseph J. Cotter, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

The evidence in this case, as we read the record, preponderates strongly against appellant. Nevertheless, we are satisfied that there was enough to require that the case go to the jury; under the well-established rule that if there is evidence upon which, when construed most favorably to the person upon whom the onus of proof is imposed, reasonable and fair-minded men, properly instructed as to the law, could find a verdict in his favor, then the question...

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