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Fort v. CollinsFort v. Collins

New York Supreme Court
May 15, 1839
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In this case, a motion was made ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍on the part of the plaintiff to set aside a nonsuit granted at the circuit. The ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍motion was made on various grounds, and among others, for that the nonsuit was ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍ordered by the judge after evidence had been given on both sides, The Court said ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍that the modern practice sanctioned the course which had been pursued at the circuit, and therefore ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‍they refused to set aside the nonsuit.

Case Details

Case Name: Fort v. Collins
Court Name: New York Supreme Court
Date Published: May 15, 1839
Citation: 21 Wend. 109
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
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