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· 4/15/1906

Brister v. Illinois Central Railroad

Citations

  • 88 Miss. 431
  • 40 So. 325

Syllabus

<p>Evidence. Circumstances. Instructions.</p> <p>In a civil case it is error to instruct the jury that circumstantial evidence is insufficient to support a verdict, unless it excludes every other hypothesis than the truth of the finding.</p>

Judges: Whitrteld

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