Judgment reversed, on the law, with costs, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
In directing a verdict for defendant, the trial court stated that "the weight of the evidence clearly preponderates in favor of the defendant" and that "if the jury * * * would find a verdict in favor of the plaintiff * * * I would clearly have to set that verdict aside as not being supported by the evidence." This is not the proper standard to be applied. A trial court...
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