Mann v. Peterson Motor Express, Inc.

The record discloses that counsel for the defendants did not expend an inordinate amount of time upon the issue of damages. The inference of fact urged upon the jury in the above quoted argument was therefore unwarranted by the evidence, and since it received the sanction of the court, the pláintiff’s verdict must be set aside. Salvas v. Cantin, 85 N. H. 489, 491 and cases cited.

There is, however, another and a broader ground upon which to base our conclusion that this argument was improper. This is the ground of public policy mentioned in Christie v. Company, 87 N. H. 236, 238. In that case…