U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania January 24, 1908, No. 25 (Jones v. Smith)

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The verdict in this case was wholly unexpected by the court. I assumed that the jury would find in favor of the equitable plaintiff for some amount, and that the legal question — whether there was any evidence at all to go to the jury in support of his claim — could then be determined upon considering further the reservation of the defendants’ first point.