Williams v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• stating standard of review for motion for nonsuit at close of plaintiff’s case in a bench trial
• allowing trial court to render judgment for defendant upon motion to dismiss at close of plaintiff’s case
• distinguishing dismissal based upon prima facie standard, like dismissal for failure to state a claim, from dismissal following a bench trial based upon plaintiff’s failure to meet the burden of proof
• party entitled to challenge the existence of prima facie case before proceeding with its defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).