Milligan v. Weare

In this action on the case for negligence at the close of the evidence a motion for a directed verdict for the defendant was denied and an exception reserved. The jury to whom the case was then submitted having returned a verdict against him, the defendant filed a general motion for a new trial. As the exception and motion raise the same questions for review the exception must be regarded as waived.

In the late afternoon of August 8, 1941, but in the broad daylight of a clear day, the plaintiff, as he attempted to cross U. S. Highway No. 1 or Route 1, as it is called, at Wells Corner, Maine,…