Ayvard v. Powers

The action is brought to recover $70 for the use by the defendants, for fourteen months, of a paper-cutting machine, owned by plaintiff. ■ Upon a very sharp conflict of evidence, the justice decided that the defendants had hired this machine from plaintiff for fourteen months, and he fixed the value of such use at $28. The defendants appeal from the judgment, on the ground that it is contrary to the weight of evidence; while the plaintiff appeals from the judgment, on the ground of the insufficiency of the damages. As there is enough evidence to support the finding of the justice in…