 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1907 - 710 strani
...be frozen in winter and that the other physical conditions would in all probability exist. The court instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the contract was wrongfully forfeited in order to enable him... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1862 - 660 strani
...would have had a tendency to mislead them. If the defendant merely requested the court to instruct the jury, that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to make out his case, it was only the usual instruction given, in every case tried on the general issue,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1863 - 658 strani
...said note was overdue and dishonored at the time of its transfer to the plaintiff. " Upon this point, the judge instructed the jury, that the burden of proof was on the defendants, and unless the jury were satisfied affirmatively that the transfer of the note to the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 588 strani
...plaintiff is the owner of the land on both sides of the highway. Parker v. City of Lowell, 853. 5. In an action against a city for damages suffered by...him was attributable solely to the negligence of the city in omitting to remove the obstruction, and that in the absence of any proof of neglect or want... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1864 - 1314 strani
...and that it would be submitted to the jury to determine whether such line had been adopted ; and he instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show where the alleged acts of trespass were committed ; that, upon the evidence, the plaintiff owned to... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1862 - 1642 strani
...interested in the event of the suit. But the objection was overruled and the deposition was admitted. The judge instructed the jury, that the burden of proof was on the defendants to make out the allegations in the pleas ; that in order to find for the defendants,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1867 - 700 strani
...that if upon that issue the jury were left in doubt, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. But the judge instructed the jury, " that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show that the note was given upon a valuable consideration, and that, if that was doubtful upon the whole evidence,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1869 - 696 strani
...it, up to the time when the plaintiff was found after he was thrown out of the buggy. The presiding judge instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show that he was using reasonable care at the time when the accident occurred ; that what was reasonable care... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1871 - 670 strani
...Bull, 1 Wend. 345 ; 9 East, 361, 362, 368 ; 1 Am. Lead. Cas. 211, 218. The court very properly told the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to prove a want of probable cause for commencing and prosecuting the suit in Orange county, and that it... | |
 | 1884 - 680 strani
...deceased met his death by accident, and not otherwise. Defendant excepted to the refusal to charge the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show that deceased did not die by his own act or hand, and also to the charge that the onus was on defendant... | |
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Judge instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to establish its case by a preponderance of the testimony. and on the defendant to establish its defense by a preponderance of the evidence. 
