...slight evidence, if uncontradicted, became cogent proof; and they found a verdict for the defendant. A rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the finding of the jury, or to enter judgment for the...

...should find for the plaintiffs. The jury, therefore, found for the plaintiffs for a total loss. In last Michaelmas term a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, on the ground of misdirection ; or, if there was no misdirection, on the ground that the verdict was against the...

...reasons, I am of opinion, that the rule for a new trial should be made absolute. ERLE, J. In this case a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained on the ground of misdirection. The plaintiff, who was the captain of a ship, brought his action for a publication...

...—Evidence, during the Spring Assizes of 1847, a verdict was found for the defendant. In the following term, a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained on the ground of misdirection, and the improper reception (a) Reported by A. BITTLKSTON, Esq., Barrister-at-Law....

...was not afterwards admitted as a witness. A verdict was found for the defendant, and in the following term a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, on the ground that the learned judge was wrong in refusing to allow the plaintiff to act both as advocate and witness. Watson...

...prudent man would have exercised under such circumstances. A verdict having been found for the plaintiff, a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, on the ground that the jury should have been directed to consider, not, whether the defendant had been guilty of a gross negligence...

...at the Spring Assizes in 1848, when a verdict was found for the defendant. In the followiug Easter Term a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained. On the 14th of November following a fiat in bankruptcy issued against the defendant. In Hilary Term, 1849,...

...to the canal company. *4851 *^ vcrt''c't' Caving been obtained for the lessor of the plaintiff, -IA rule nisi for a new trial was obtained on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and that it had not been left to the jury to say whether, in the...

...evidence the jury, under the direction of the learned Judge, found a verdict for the plaintiff. In Michaelmas term, a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, on the ground, first, that no bill of lading having been made out, the property in the goods was never vested in the...

...stated by the broker to those to whom the risk is *afterwards offered. In Easter р»--м term, 1829, a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained on the ground that L the evidence of the opinion of the underwriters ought not to have been admitted, and that the part...