Tarbell v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action ok Tort for negligence. Pleas, the general issue, and special pleas in bar. Trial by jury at the October Term, 1917, Essex County, Butter, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff.. On a motion by the defendant the verdict was set aside and judgment entered for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The plaintiff was injured while in the defendant ’s service, and brings this action to recover damages therefor. The case took a somewhat unusual course in the trial court, and this is one thing of which the plaintiff (who brings the case here) complains. At the close of the evidence, the defendant moved for a verdict. This motion was at first overruled, pro forma; but, upon reflection, the court struck off this ruling and, reserving the questions raised by the motion, sent the case to the jury. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff to recover $7,000 damages. Upon the defendant’s motion…
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