Templeton v. Wolf
Cases that cite this one
9 later published cases cite this decision.
- Eason v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (Ind. Ct. App. 1953)
- Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Co. v. Gordon (Mo. 1903)
- Mayer v. Old (Mo. Ct. App. 1892)
- Board of Education ex rel. Philip Carey Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. (Mo. Ct. App. 1911)
- Connecticut Fire Ins. v. Manning (8th Cir. 1910)
- Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Metalstaff (8th Cir. 1900)
- Gassman v. Jarvis (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana 1899)
- West v. McMullen (Mo. 1892)
- Wood v. Nortman (Mo. 1884)
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Opinion of the Court
In this case, the court having given certain instructions to the jury, after the evidence was closed, the plaintiffs asked that they might be allowed to take a nonsuit,
The statutes of this state have always recognized the right of a plaintiff to take a nonsuit, and have limited its exercise to the time previous to the retiring of the jury to consider their verdict. This practice is not affected by the code, being entirely consistent with it.
The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded,
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