| Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 444 pages
...J., in Jewell v. Parr (1), not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is none that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established. In Toomey v. London and Brighton Railway Company(2), Williams, J., enunciates the same idea thus :... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 726 pages
...question for the judge is not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is none that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established.* Judges are no longer required to submit a case to the jury merely because some evidence has been introduced... | |
| Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Railroad law - 1873 - 840 pages
...Jewell v. Parr, 13 CB 916, not whether there is virtually no evidence, but whether there is none, that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury, that the fact sought to be proved is established. In Toomey v. London & Brighton Railw., 3 CB (NS) 158, Williams, J., enunciates the same idea thus:... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 642 pages
...all cases, for the Court, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury, that the fact sought to be found is established; if there is evidence, from which the jury can properly find the question for... | |
| Judah Philip Benjamin - Sales - 1877 - 984 pages
...evidence, but that the judge is to determine (subject of course to review), whether there is evidence that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established. The facts were that the defendant, the son of a deceased baronet, was in the enjoyment in his own right... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 1026 pages
...J., in Jewell v. Parr (*), not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is none that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established. In Toome.y v. London and Brighton JRy. Co. (3) Williams, J., enunciates *the same idea thus : 'It [178... | |
| Judah Philip Benjamin - Les Salles-sur-Verdon (France) - 1881 - 1076 pages
...evidence, but that the judge is to determine (subject of course to review) whether there is evidence that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established. The facts were that the defendant, the son of a deceased baronet, was in the enjoyment in his own right... | |
| Canada - 1904 - 1152 pages
...Jewell v. Parr, 13 CB 916, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is " none that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established." In Toomey v. London and Brighton Eailway Co., 3 CB 150, Williams, J., enunciates the same idea thus... | |
| Frederick Scott Wait - Creditors' bills - 1884 - 808 pages
...of law for the court is not whether there is absolutely no evidence, but whether there is none that ought reasonably to satisfy the jury that the fact sought to be proved is established. If there is evidence on which the jury can properly find for the party on whom the onus of proof lies,... | |
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