 | United States. Supreme Court - 1876 - 696 стор.
...the plaintiff has given evidence sufficient to support or justify o verdict in his favor. Not whether on all the evidence the preponderating weight is in...entitled to, is it sufficient to justify a verdict? It' it does not, then it is the duty of the court after a verdict to set it aside and grant a new trial.... | |
 | 1908 - 1118 стор.
...is to be tested is laid down in Pleasants v. Fant, 89 US 1 16, 22 L. Ed. 780, thus : "Not whether, on all the evidence, the preponderating weight Is...entitled to, Is It sufficient to Justify a verdict?" The old rule that a case must go to the jury if there is a scintilla of evidence to support it has... | |
 | 1887 - 2090 стор.
...the plaintiff has given evidence sufficient to support or justify a verdict in his favor, not whether on all the evidence the preponderating weight is in...is fairly entitled to, is it sufficient to justify the verdict? If it does not, then it is the duty of the court, after a verdict, to set aside, and grant... | |
 | 1907 - 2170 стор.
...plaintiff has given sufficient evidence to support or justify a verdict in his favor ; "not whether, on all the evidence, the preponderating weight is...force which, according to the law of evidence, it is entitled to, is it sufficient to justify a verdict?" The amended statement of claim charges that decedent's... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1882 - 656 стор.
...credibility of opposing witnesses, or determine whether the uncontradicted witnesses are to be credited ; but conceding to all the evidence offered the greatest...to the law of evidence, it is fairly entitled to, the court is to determine whether there is any substantial evidence which can justify a verdict in... | |
 | 1883 - 980 стор.
...is such as to leave no room for doubt that it is the duty of the judge to find accordingly. Where, conceding to all the evidence offered the greatest...to the law of evidence, it is fairly entitled to, it is not sufficient to justify a verdict, it is the duty of the court ¡ifter a venUct to set it aside... | |
 | 1884 - 1022 стор.
...is such as to leave no room for doubt that it is the duty of the judge to find accordingly. Where, conceding to all the evidence offered the greatest...according to the law of evidence, it is fairly entitled 10, it is not sufficient to justify a verdict, it is the duty of the court after a verdict to set it... | |
 | 1889 - 1240 стор.
...the plaintiff has given evidence sufficient to support or justify a verdict in his favor. Not whether on all the evidence the preponderating weight is in...entitled to, is it sufficient to justify a verdict';"' The same rule is reiterated in Schofleld v. Railway Co., 114 US 615-619, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1125, (citing... | |
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In the discharge of this duty it is the province of the court, either before or after the verdict, to decide whether the plaintiff has given evidence sufficient to support or justify a verdict in his favor, not whether on all the evidence the preponderating... 
