BUTLER v. WATKINS


80 U.S. 456 (____)

13 Wall. 456

BUTLER v. WATKINS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.F. Peckham, for the plaintiff in error.

Messrs. P. Phillips and J.A. and S.D. Campbell, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

We are unable to discover error in the instructions given to the jury by the court below, or in the answers made to the prayers of the defendants, except in a single particular. What the court said may have been inadequate to a full presentation of the case, but the plaintiff asked for no instructions, and he cannot therefore now be heard to complain that full instructions...

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