Beuttell v. Magone

Citations

• 157 U.S. 154
• 15 S. Ct. 566
• 39 L. Ed. 654
• 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2186

Syllabus

<p>A request made to the court by' each party to instruct the jury to render a verdict in his favor, is not equivalent to the submission of the case to the court without the intervention of a jury, within the intent of Rev. Stat. §§ 649, 700.</p> <p>When each party asks the court to instruct a verdict in his favor, it is equivalent to a request for a finding of facts, and if the court directs the jury to find a verdict for one.of them, both are concluded on the finding of facts.</p> <p>Under the tariff act of March 3, 1883, c. 120, rugs made as rugs, and dis- . tinguishable as such by reason of their process of manufa'cture, size, shape, pattern, etc., were subject to the duty imposed upon rugs; and rugs made from pieces of carpets or carpetings, to the rate imposed upon the carpet from which they were made.</p>