SJS ENTERPRISES INC. v. Cates

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the trial court could not “jump the gun” by granting a motion for an involuntary dismissal while the plaintiff was on its first witness
• holding that the trial court could not “jump the gun” by granting a motion for an involuntary dismissal while the plaintiff was on its first witness
• stating a trial court cannot “jump the gun” by granting involuntary dismissal while plaintiff was presenting its first witness
• applying the same concept to the grant of a motion for involuntary dismissal and holding that the trial court could not \jump the gun\ by granting such a motion before the party has completed his presentation of evidence
• trial court could not \jump the gun\ and grant a motion for an involuntary dismissal before a party has completed the presentation of the evidence
• trial court cannot “jump the gun” by granting involuntary dismissal while plaintiff was presenting its first witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).