Author : Thomas Johnson Michie
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis The Encyclopedic Digest of Virginia and West Virginia Reports; Being a Complete Encyclopedia and Digest of All Virginia and West Virginia Case Law Up by : Thomas Johnson Michie
Download or read book The Encyclopedic Digest of Virginia and West Virginia Reports; Being a Complete Encyclopedia and Digest of All Virginia and West Virginia Case Law Up written by Thomas Johnson Michie. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...entitled to onehalf of a lottery ticket, and upon that supposition to have calculated the damages assessed for him, although he was entitled only to one-fourth, if to any. of the ticket, which appeared manifestly from abundant testimony. Woods r. Macrae. Wythe 253. 4. Verdict without Evidence. That the verdict is without evidence to support it is another ground upon which a new trial-will be granted. This occurs when there has been no proof whatever of a material fact, or not sufficient evidence of the fact or facts in issue. Grayson v. Com., 6 Gratt. 712; Bell v. Alexander, 21 Gratt. 9; Blosser v. Harshbarger, 21 Gratt. 216; Read v. Com., 22 Gratt. 924; Pryor v. Com., 27 Gratt. 1019; Noell v. Noell, 93 Va. 439, 25 S. E. 242; MeBride's Case, 95 Va. 826, 30 S. E. 454; Younger v. State, 2 W. Va. 586; Campbell v. Lynn, T W. Va. 671; State v. Yates, 21 W. Va. 766; State v. Smith, 24 W. Va. 826; State v. Harr, 38 W. Va. 58, 17 S. E. 794; State v. Zeigler, 40 W. Va. 608, 21 S. E. 768; Altizer v. Buskirk, 44 W. Va. 256, 28 S. E. 790; Cash t'. Com., 2 Va. Dec. 1; State r. Morgan, 35 W. Va. 277, 13 S. E. 391; Ritz v. Wheeling, 45 W. Va. 261, 31 S. E. 994. Where the verdict of a jury is wholly without evidence on a point essential to a finding, or the evidence is plainly insufficient to warrant such finding by the jury, the same should be set aside and a new trial awarded. Vintroux v. Simms, 45 W. Va. 548, 31 S. E. 941; Arnold v. Cole, 42 W. Va. 663, 26 S. E. 312; Maupin v. Ins. Co., 53 W. Va. 557, 558, 45 S. E. 1003; Beall v. Pittsburg, etc.. R. Co.: i8 W. Va. 525, 18 S. E. 729; Doyle v. Com., 100 Va. 808, 40 S. E. 925. If a verdict is without evidence to support it on a material point, except evidence improperly given to the jury by a party to...