SHELTON v. JONES

Civ. A. No. 1364.

272 F.Supp. 139 (1967)

Nellie May SHELTON, a/k/a Nellie Mae Shelton, Plaintiff, v. Charles Thomas JONES, Sr. and Lemon Jacob Bennett, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

June 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Anderson, Roanoke, Va., for plaintiff.

James C. Turk, Dalton, Poff, Turk & Stone, Radford, Va., for defendant Jones.

Linwood Holton, Eggleston, Holton, Butler & Glenn, Roanoke, Va., for defendant Bennett.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MICHIE, District Judge.

After three trials, this case is again before the court on motions by the defendants. At the first trial, held in April, 1964, at the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence the defendants moved for a directed verdict and, without introducing any evidence, rested. A hung jury resulted. Defendants then renewed their motions which I granted on the ground that there was no evidence in the record upon which the jury...

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