District Court, W.D. Missouri April 18, 1950, No. 5505 (West v. Sinclair Refining Co.)

REEVES, Chief Judge.

The only question for decision in this case is whether the court upon the evidence adduced at the trial erred in directing a verdict for. the defendant. It was the opinion of the court at the time that there was no substantial testimony upon which the. jury might deliberate on the issues made by the pleadings.

It was not controverted but that the plaintiff’s husband, Ralph A.