Is there any 'weak evidence before the jury' or 'strong evidence'?

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The following excerpt is from International Paper Co. v. General Fire Assur. Co., 263 F. 363 (2nd Cir. 1920):

This can only be true if there was no 'evidence before the jury--whether it be weak or strong-- which does so much as tend to prove the issue on the part of' the side against which such direction is given. Hickman v. Jones, 9 Wall. 197, 19 L.Ed. 551.

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