Lajoie v. Bilodeau

These two actions for negligence brought by Wilfred Lajoie and his wife Irene Lajoie were tried together before a jury in the Androscoggin County Superior Court. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant moved that the Presiding Justice direct a verdict in each • case, which motion was denied in each case and exceptions taken. There were verdicts for the plaintiffs in the sums of $125 and $425 respectively.

The jury could have found, and undoubtedly did find, that ' in November 1951 the defendant had sold and delivered to the retail grocery store of Rene Parent & Son in Auburn, some…