CONNORS v. SCHMIDT

No. 13350.

257 F.2d 146 (1958)

John J. CONNORS, Jr., Appellant, v. William J. SCHMIDT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 22, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Stanard, Cleveland, Ohio, (Dan B. Cull, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for appellant.

R. Crawford Morris, Cleveland, Ohio, (Arter, Hadden, Wykoff & Van Duzer, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on the verdict of the jury for defendant in a personal injury damage suit resulting from an early morning accident involving two automobiles. The verdict was reported in unusual form: "We find the defendant not guilty of negligence."

After delivery of the charge and before the jury had retired, the attorney for the plaintiff requested the court to clarify "what is the burden or where the burden of proof lies...

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