 | Law - 1882 - 826 pages
...evidence to the contrary, the engagement was prima facie an engagement for a year certain at least. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection ; but was discharged, mainly upon the authority of Down v. Pinto (9 Ex. 327.) M'Intyre,... | |
 | William Mills (barrister-at-law.), Henry Holroyd, E. A. C. Schalch, Arthur Wilson, Great Britain. Court of Queen's Bench - Bail - 1867 - 734 pages
...and it is not disputed that, if the direction was right, their verdict was justified by the evidence. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, as it was contended that the defendants, as carriers of passengers, were bound at... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 704 pages
...and are never taken on board. No point was made as to the windlasses, which were admitted to be new. ABBOTT, CJ, left it to the jury to say, whether the...things, if void as to one, was void as to the whole. *547l ae M 80 com k' ne d his l'"k an d 8ta y together, as to give *it the *' J greatest possible strength.... | |
 | John Shortt - Contracts - 1871 - 824 pages
...that there was no pretence of justification, (a) The jury having returned a verdict for the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, but the rale was afterwards discharged. (b) "The real question was," said Byles, J.,... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 684 pages
...man ought to have done under the circumstances; otherwise for the defendant. The jury having found for the plaintiff, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. *ЧКП *^' Р°?1°с& now showed cause. The question left... | |
 | William Cunningham Glen - Local government - 1872 - 894 pages
...admissible in this issue. The evidence was, however, received, and a verdict taken for the Crown—whereupon a rule nisi was obtained for . a new trial on the ground of the improper reception of the evidence. On an indictment for a nuisance in carrying on an offensive... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 770 pages
...Assizes, 1872, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 101. In the following Michaelmas Term, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. Cave and TT Weigldman shewed cause. Replevin forms... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - Contempt of court - 1875 - 840 pages
...that there was no pretense of justification. The jury having returned a verdict for the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, but the rule was afterwards discharged. " The real question was," said Byles, J.,... | |
 | William Cunningham Glen, Alexander Glen - Health officers - 1876 - 820 pages
...in this issue. The evidence was, however, received, and a verdict taken for the Crown— whereupon a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of the improper reception of the evidence. On an indictment for a nuisance in carrying on an offensive... | |
 | Clement Higgins - Riparian rights - 1877 - 296 pages
...proprietors, and inflicts upon them a sensible injury" (i). In the case of Lord Norbury v. Kitchin, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the learned judge had misdirected the jury in propounding the above passage as a guide to their... | |
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A verdict having been found for the defendant, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the evidence had been improperly received. 
