 | John Henry Wigmore - Torts - 1912 - 1132 pages
...Gloucester in 1843, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 3001. In the following term a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of excessive damages, the declaration only pointing to expenses actually incurred by the plaintiff... | |
 | Edward Wilcox Hinton - Evidence (Law) - 1919 - 1136 pages
...The jury found that the way was public, and a verdict was taken for the crown. In the ensuing term, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial, on the ground that the above evidence ought not to have been admitted. LORD DENMAN, CJ87 The question in this case... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1496 pages
...Sharp had taken the premises as executor merely, and had made no disposal of them during his lifetime. The jury having found a verdict for the plaintiff, a rule nisi was obtained, on the ground above stated, for setting aside the verdict and entering a nonsuit. [677] Coleridge Serjt.... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 658 pages
...the part of those intrusted with the care and management of the Sons of tlie Thames. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial for misdirection. The first of these cases was tried after Trinity Sittings 1848; the second after... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 674 pages
...as could be enforced by action." That seems to me precisely to be the suggestion made in this case. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection upon two points, one of which was that very direction to the j ury. The counsel showing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 1204 pages
...with the ordering the advertisements or other work done by the plaintiff. The jury having returned a verdict for the plaintiff, a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial. Maynard shewed cause. — First, it will be said that the advertisements were not inserted on the defendant's... | |
 | Law - 1871 - 256 pages
...class. The learned judge refused to withdraw the case from the jury, and they found for the plaintiffs. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, and of the verdict being against the weight of evidence, and also to enter a verdict... | |
 | New South Wales. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 980 pages
...constitute an act of bankruptcy. That also was an action of trover by the assignees of the bankrupt, and a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, but, as the learned Judge expressly told the jury to rind for the defendants, unless... | |
 | Banks and banking - 1847 - 740 pages
...the £40 having been paid in, which would have informed all their clerks of the state of the account. The jury having found a verdict for the plaintiff, a rule nisi for a new trial was obtained ; and the case was thereupon argued before the full court of King's Bench.... | |
 | Henry Flanders - Law of the sea - 1999 - 476 pages
...service for which it was sold, and under his direction the jury found their verdict for the plaintiffs. A rule nisi was obtained for a new trial on the ground of misdirection. Cause was shown against the rule in the term following; but the court, on account... | |
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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. 
