Rolfe v. Inhabitants of Rumford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
’On'exceptions and motion. Case, for injury to plaintiff wife through defective town way January 15, 1874. The case was on trial nearly a week and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs of $275, which they moved to set aside for inadequacy, as against law and evidence.
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’On'exceptions and motion. Case, for injury to plaintiff wife through defective town way January 15, 1874. The case was on trial nearly a week and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs of $275, which they moved to set aside for inadequacy, as against law and evidence. They also filed the following bill of exceptions. ■ “_Z£. Q. Harlow, one of the counsel of the defendants, in his closing argument to the jury at the trial of said case, was permitted by the court against the seasonable objection and protest of the counsel for the plaintiffs, to state to the jury the amount of damages…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
We think the learned judge before whom this case was tried erred in permitting the counsel for the defendants, against the seasonable interposition of the plaintiffs’ counsel, to proceed with his argument upon asserted facts not in evidence and having no legitimate pertinency to the issue.
It is indispensable to the orderly course of judicial procedure and an impartial administration of the laws, that those officially engaged in the trial of causes shall faithfully observe tbe established. rules of practice. The constitution guarantees to tbe parties of a cause the right of a trial by a jury…
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