Wanamaker v. Manufacturers' National Bank
Wanamaker v. Manufacturers' National Bank
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The petition in error in this case contains the following assignment's of error :
“1. Errors of law occurring at the trial, and excepted to by the plaintiff.
“2. Irregularity in the proceedings of the court and prevailing party, by which plaintiff was prevented from having a fair trial.
“3. The verdict and ruling are not sustained by the evidence and are contrary to law.
“4. Error in sustaining the demurrer to evidence, and refusing to let the case go to the jury.”
The trial court sustained a demurrer to the evidence of the plaintiff, upon the ground that the evidence did not show facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in behalf of the plaintiff and against the defendant, and the jury were discharged from the further consideration of the case, to which rulings of the court the plaintiff duly excepted, and gave notice of a motion for a new trial, which motion was thereafter filed. The grounds upon which the application was based were, that the plaintiff -was prevented from having a fair trial in consequence of the order of the court discharging the jury and sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the evidence, and that errors of law occurred at the trial which were duly excepted to by the plaintiff.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the alleged errors occurred at the trial, and, although a motion
It therefore follows that the judgment must be affirmed.
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