Consolidated Rendering Co. v. New Haven Hotel Co.

THOMAS, District Judge.

In an action by the Consolidated Rendering Company and Carrie M. Williams, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, against the New Haven Hotel Company, for the negligence of the defendant, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs to recover $6,000, which verdict was duly recorded. A motion made by the defendant to set aside the verdict on various grounds was denied in open court. At the conclusion of the trial the jury separated. Very shortly thereafter counsel for Carrie M. Williams, one of the plaintiffs, presented affidavits obtained from all…