Putnam v. Woodbury
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On MOTIONS. Assumpsit, for carrying the mails between Houlton and Dan-forth from March 14 to April 10, 1872 ; 24. trips at $10 per trip, $240. Plea, general issue with brief statement that the plaintiff was mail contractor on the same route. The verdict was for the plaintiff, $159 ; which the defendant moved to set aside as against law and evidence. He also filed a - motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The defendant is the postmaster of Houlton. The plaintiff is a mail contractor. This suit is for carrying the *59mail two miles each way additional to, and not required by his contract, upon the alleged promise of the defendant to pay for such extra work.
The evidence of such agreement is very conflicting, but we should hardly feel authorized to set aside the verdict as against evidence.
But since the trial, the defendant moves for a new trial on the', ground of newly discovered evidence, and offers to prove that the change of route was made with the consent of the post-office department, at the…
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