Wilcox v. the Rhode Island Company

This is an action of trespass for assault and battery, brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries inflicted upon her, July 25th, 1904, in the town of Warwick, by a car conductor in the employ of the defendant.

The case was tried before Mr. Justice Brown and a jury in the Superior Court, in Providence county, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for two thousand dollars damages. The case is now before this court upon the defendant’s exception to the ruling of said justice denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial upon the grounds that the verdict was against the…