Sheppard v. Wichita Ice & Cold Storage Co.

Citations

• 82 Kan. 509
• 108 P. 819
• 1910 Kan. LEXIS 289

Syllabus

<p>■ SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Practice, Supreme Court — Verdict and Evidence — Judicial Notice — Physical Facts Demonstrating that Evidence is False. Where there is some evidence tending to support a verdict, to justify an appellate court in overturning it on the ground that it is contradicted by the settled and unquestioned laws of nature or by some established principle of mathematics, mechanics, physics or the like, the undisputed physical facts must demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that the evidence is false and that the verdict is without support in fact or law.</p> <p>2. Personal Injuries — Verdict and Evidence. .The evidence in this ease examined, and held, that the physical facts are not shown to be such as to authorize the court to say that the story told by the plaintiff’s witnesses is false or untrue.</p>