Morse v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.

HALE, District Judge.

This suit has already been twice before the court. It first came before the court on a question raised at a trial before the jury. Judge Putnam rendered an oral decision, which appears in 122 Fed. 748. The case proceeded, and the plaintiffs recovered a verdict. The defendant moved to have that verdict set aside on the ground that it was against the weight of evidence. Judge Putnam, speaking for the Circuit Court, rendered his decision upon that question in 124 Fed. 451, granting a new trial. The case then went to trial a second time before a jury, and the plaintiffs again…