DURHAM v. ELEVATOR CO

No. 34790.

166 Ohio St. 31 (1956)

DURHAM, APPELLANT, v. THE WARNER ELEVATOR MFG. CO., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo J. Brumleve, Jr., and Mr. Sidney C. Brant, for appellant.

Messrs. Rendigs, Fry & Kiely, for appellee.


ZIMMERMAN, J.

At the outset, we note the established rule that in the face of a motion to direct the jury to return a verdict for one of the parties to an action, which in effect is a demurrer to the evidence, the court must construe the evidence most strongly in favor of the party against whom the motion is made, and, where there is substantial competent evidence to support his side of the case, upon which reasonable...

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