161 Mich. 303 | Mich. | 1910
{after stating the facts). This declaration was not demurred to. The logic of the verdict of the jury was that the defendant, without notice or warning to the plaintiff, let go his hold upon the box, and precipitated the entire weight upon the plaintiff, and that the box fell upon the plaintiff and injured him, and that the defendant did not order the truck driver to move the truck forward while the box was being unloaded. If the court was correct in that part of the charge quoted, and we think it was, the jury might find the defendant liable, even although he did not order the driver to move the truck forward. Where proof of a portion of the facts alleged will support a recovery, a failure of proof as to the rest is immaterial. Marquet v. La Duke, 96 Mich. 596 (55 N. W. 1006). Evidence introduced without restriction is available on any issue which it tends to prove, and which is within the pleadings. 17 Cyc. p. 820.
The allegation that the defendant, without notice or
While we might direct the circuit court to enter a judgment in accordance with the general verdict, owing to the course which the trial took, we have concluded to order a new trial, and the same is ordered accordingly.