Ridens v. Ridens

Jan 15, 1860
Reporters:
Before:
Napton
NaptoN, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The record in this ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍case shows the refusal of the court of all the-instructions asked by the, defendant based upon the hypothesis ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍of a special contract between plaintiff and defendant. There was evidence of such a contract sufficient to justify ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍the court to put the case to the jury on that ground, and let them pass upon the ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍question. As the court refused to do thiá, the judgment must be .reversed and the case remanded.

Judge Ewing ‍‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‍was of counsel and did not sit. Judge Scott concurs.