If, on the trial of any issue of fact in a civil action, the plaintiff has produced his evidence and rested his cause, the defendant may move for judgment as in case of nonsuit, and the court may grant such motion, if in its opinion the plaintiff has failed to make out a prima facie case.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-210
Motion for nonsuit
(1949 Rev., S. 7977.)
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