United Electric Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence in which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. No question is raised by the defendant as to the amount of damages assessed. The case is before this court on the defendant’s exceptions to the refusal of the trial justice to direct a verdict in its favor, and to his refusal to grant its motion for a new trial.

The evidence discloses that the basis for this suit is á collision which occurred on March 2, 1932, at about 6:25 p. m., at the intersection of Steeple and Canal streets in the city of Providence, between a passenger bus,…