Corbett v. Curtis

TAPLEY, Justice.

These cases are before us on defendant’s appeals from denial of motions for judgments notwithstanding the verdicts, and for new trials based on refusal of the presiding Justice to give certain requested instructions to the jury. The cases were tried in the Superior Court, within and for the County of Oxford, resulting in judgments for the plaintiffs. Plaintiff, Elizabeth M. Corbett, a lady of 54 years, drove from her home in South Paris to the defendant’s residence in West Paris for the purpose of enabling the defendant, Mrs. Curtis, who was at the time 67 years of age and in…