Nasso v. Powers

These are actions of trespass on the case for negligence brought by these plaintiffs against this defendant as the result of an automobile accident at the intersection of Smith street and River avenue in the City of Providence. The cases were tried together before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict in each case for the defendant. Thereupon the plaintiffs duly filed their motions for a new trial in each, and the trial justice, without hearing argument of counsel for the plaintiffs, denied the motion in each case. To this ruling, and to several…