Moulton v. Langley

The practice in this state, when a new trial is granted, does not require a re-trial of the issues in which no error was committed, if these issues can be separated from the ones in which the error occurred. Lisbon v. Lyman, 49 N. H. 553, 582-605; Piper v. Railroad, 75 N. H. 435, 446; McBride v. Huckins, 76 N. H. 206, 213; Doody v. Railroad, 77 N. H. 161, 166; Morin v. Company, 78 N. H. 567, 570.

The misconduct of a jury in returning a verdict for an unreasonably small sum, in disregard of the evidence and of the instructions of the court, is presumed to extend to the issue of liability in the…