Gilson Quartz Mining Co. v. Gilson

Jul 1, 1874
No. 3,970
Reporters:
By the Court:

1. The plaintiff having been nonsuited at the trial on ‍​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍July 11th, the “findings of fact and conclusions of law,” filed on the twenty-sixth of July, are without precedent in point of practice.

2. The ‍​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍Court manifestly erred in nonsuiting the plaintiff, who was not bound to return to the defendants the moneys received of them in part ‍​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍satisfaction of the judgment, for the plaintiff is entitled to retain these moneys in any aspect of the case.

*602Nor does it concern the ‍​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍defendants what disposition has been made of the Kenfield stock. If it had been returned to Kenfield, it would not have benefited the defendants ‍​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍in anywise.-

Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial. Bemittitur forthwith.