King v. Wolf Grocery Co.

Actions to recover for loss of services by the hus band and for injuries by the wife. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case, the actions being tried together, the defendant moved for a non-suit, which the Court granted. The case is here on plaintiffs’ exceptions.

The issue here is whether, taking the evidence most favorably for the plaintiffs, verdicts in their favor could be permitted to stand. Whittemore v. Merrill, 87 Me., 456; Marden v. Street Railway, 100 Me., 41, 52.

On the 12th day of December, the plaintiff Annie A. King was crossing Middle Street in the city of Portland on a crosswalk…