Mauthe v. B. & G. Service Station, Inc.

This is defendant’s rule to show cause why a verdict recovered by Anthony Mauthe, administrator of Joseph Mauthe, deceased, should not be set aside and a new trial granted.

Joseph Mauthe, son of the plaintiff, was killed on February 26th, 1926. He was employed by the defendant in its gasoline supply station at the corner of Newark and Pavonia avenues, in Jersey City. The case was tried in the Hudson Circuit in January last and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $8,000.

The reasons urged for a now trial are that the court erred in refusing a nonsuit, that the verdict is…