Green v. Collins
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
The plaintiffs [William H. Green and others] were citizens of the state of Rhode Island, doing business at Providence in that state, and the defendant [Bernard Collins] was a citizen of this commonwealth, doing business at Milford in this district.
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The plaintiffs [William H. Green and others] were citizens of the state of Rhode Island, doing business at Providence in that state, and the defendant [Bernard Collins] was a citizen of this commonwealth, doing business at Milford in this district. On the 20th of May, 1867, he purchased a bill of liquors of the plaintiffs, valued at $2289.62, and he having neglected and refused to pay for the same, the plaintiffs, on the 13th of February, 1S68, brought an action of assumpsit against him in the circuit court for this district to recover the amount. Service having been made, the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
Errors of the court in improperly refusing to instruct the jury, as requested by either partj", may be corrected on motion for new trial, as well as errors committed in rejecting proper testimony, or in admitting that which was improper, or in giving erroneous instructions to the jury. Certain prayers for instructions to the jury were presented in this case by the .defendant, and the court refused to instruct the jury as he requested; and the verdict of the jury having been for the plaintiff, the defendant moved the court that it be set aside, and for a new trial,…
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