 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1870 - 926 pages
...assessment of the amount of recovery, being too large for the injury and detention of the property. 6th. That the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law. 7th. Newly-discovered evidence, material for the defendants, which they could not,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 678 pages
...dollars. Motion for a new trial for these causes: 1. "The verdict of the jury is contrary to law." 2. " The verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law." The causes for a new trial do not allege or show that the damages are excessive,... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 658 pages
...of the note. ERROR from the district court for Dixon county. JB Barnes, for plaintiff in error. 1. The verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is against the weight of testimony given in this cause. The defendants plead payment, which is denied... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 654 pages
...see no error in the ruling of the court on that point. The other point made by plaintiff in error is, "that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law and in disregard of the instructions of the court." The court charged the jury "that... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 670 pages
...transaction immediately. We think the instruction is rather favorable to the appellant than otherwise. 5. That the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law. In their argument upon this proposition, the counsel for appellant insist that... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1088 pages
...further attention to that part of the case is necessary. The next and last point requiring attention is that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law. It is well settled in this state that the verdict of a jury will not be set aside... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1268 pages
...case in the court below. The plaintiff in error claims that a new trial should be granted him, because the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law. The evidence 'on the trial was conflicting, and the jury, whose province it was... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 760 pages
...judgment rendered on the verdict. He now prosecutes error in this court. Plaintiff in error insists that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence. The principal ground of this objection is, that neither the complaint made by defendant in error nor... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1885 - 902 pages
...discretion in refusing to make the order sought. The next question presented by plaintiff in error is that the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence. With the exception hereafter noticed, we cannot agree with the counsel for plaintiff in error. We have... | |
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... the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence and is contrary to law. 
