Pardon v. Paschal.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The only exception presented in the brief of the appellant is that there is no sufficient evidence of abandonment, and that the judge should have so instructed the jury. It nowhere appears in the record that the plaintiff requested the court so to charge, or that the plaintiff handed up any prayer for instructions to the jury. He cannot be heard, therefore, to raise that question by motion to set aside the verdict. `If he is silent when he should speak, he ought not to be heard when he should be silent.' Boon v. Murphy , 108 N.C. 187 , and cases cited. If it is any satisfaction to the plaintiff to know it, we will state that an examination of the record discloses ample evidence to justify the court in submitting the matter to the jury.”

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