Case Name: John A. Myers, an Infant, by Raymond A. Myers, His Guardian ad litem, Respondent, v. Maurice Daley, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-11
Citations: 236 A.D. 879
Docket Number: 
Parties: John A. Myers, an Infant, by Raymond A. Myers, His Guardian ad litem, Respondent, v. Maurice Daley, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 879–880

Head Matter:
John A. Myers, an Infant, by Raymond A. Myers, His Guardian ad litem, Respondent, v. Maurice Daley, Appellant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We affirm this judgment on the sole ground that a fair question of fact in our opinion was presented by the evidence. While under section 459 of the Civil Practice Act provision is made for reserving a motion for a nonsuit or for a directed verdict only when special questions are submitted to the jury, still in this case when the trial court announced that he would reserve the motion for a nonsuit there was no objection from counsel and both thereafter presented their arguments to the jury. Under these circumstances counsel must be held to have acquiesced in the practice. (Bail v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 201 N. Y. 355.) The trial court was entitled to rule on defendant's motion after the jury had returned their general verdict. (Ziegler v. Int. Ry. Co., 232 App. Div. 43.) In our opinion, however, as above stated, the trial court erred as matter of law in granting the defendant's motion for a nonsuit. All concur Judgment affirmed, with costs.