| Frederick Pollock - Law - 1876 - 920 pages
...out, but were carried on to Darham, and when they got beyond Darlington sustained considerable injury. The jury having found a verdict for the plaintiff, a rule nisi was obtained to enter the verdict for the defendants on the ground that they were protected by the Carriers Act.... | |
| Law - 1882 - 828 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
...as to the chain and the anchor, were new and useful, and the jury found a verdict in the affirmative for the plaintiff. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground, first, that there was not sufficient novelty in either of these inventions, to make them the proper... | |
| 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.,... | |
| 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 - 298 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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