Creagh v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Citations

• 19 Wash. 108
• 52 P. 526
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 327

Syllabus

<p>TRIAL — DIRECTING VERDICT.</p> <p>Wihere plaintiff’s action is founded upon a written contract, whose construction is a matter of law for the court, the withdrawal of the case from the jury at the close of plaintiff’s case and directing a verdict for defendant, there being no conflict in the testimony at that time, is in no sense a deprivation of the constitutional right of trial by jury.</p>