Supreme Woodworking Co. v. Zuckerberg

This is an action of assumpsit to recover a balance alleged to be due under an oral contract for the manufacture of certain “treadways” or pontoon bridge equipment. After a trial in the superior court a jury returned a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff and also a special finding, and thereafter the trial justice granted the defendants’ motion for a new trial on the ground of inconsistent verdicts. The case is now before us on the defendants’ exceptions to the admission of certain testimony and to the denial of their motion for a directed verdict.

The plaintiff is a Rhode Island…