VENABLE v. INS. CO.

No. 37595.

174 Ohio St. 366 (1963)

VENABLE, APPELLANT, v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Brady, Whitehead, Simons, Metzger & Desmond, for appellant.

Messrs. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Mr. John W. Hackett, Jr., and Mr. Richard M. Colasurd, for appellee.


GIBSON, J.

In Ohio, if, upon a motion to direct a verdict, the trial court, after construing the evidence most strongly in favor of the party against whom the motion is directed, finds that upon any essential issue reasonable minds could come to but one conclusion upon the evidence submitted and that conclusion is adverse to such party, it should direct a verdict against him and not allow the jury to speculate upon the question. Hamden Lodge v. Ohio Fuel...

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