Case Name: McCORMICK v. NATIONAL CITY BANK OF WACO
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-01-16
Citations: 142 F. 132
Docket Number: No. 1,446
Parties: McCORMICK v. NATIONAL CITY BANK OF WACO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 142
Pages: 132–133

Head Matter:
McCORMICK v. NATIONAL CITY BANK OF WACO.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
January 16, 1906.)
No. 1,446.
Writ of Error — Review—Effect of Requests for Direction of Verdict
Where requests for direction of a verdict are made by both parties, they are concluded by the finding of the court as'to the facts, and the only -question reviewable is the finding on the law, and the reviewing court must affirm if there be any evidence in support thereof.
[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see vol. 3, Cent. Dig. Appeal and Error, §§3474, 3475; vol. 46, Cent. Dig. Trial, §400.]
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District, of Texas.
J. E. Boynton and Chas. A. Boynton, for plaintiff in error.
J. B. Scarborough, J. N. Gallagher, H. N. Atkinson, and A. C. Prendergast, for defendant in error.
Before PARDEE, McCORMICK, and SHEEBY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After evidence taken in this case each party requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor, thereby both affirming that there was no disputed question of fact which could operate to deflect or control the question of law, and necessarily requesting that the court find the facts. The parties are therefore concluded by the findings made by the court upon which the resulting construction of law was given, and this court in reviewing the action of the Circuit Court, is limited to the consideration of the correctness of the finding on the law, and must affirm if there be any evidence in support thereof. Beuttell v. Magone, 157 U. S. 154, 15 Sup. Ct. 566, 39 L. Ed. 654.
We find ample evidence in the record to support the conclusion of the court, and the judgment of the Circuit Court is therefore affirmed.