O'Brien v. Public Service Company

Blandin J.

There was evidence upon which reasonable men could find that the sole cause of the accident was the defendant’s negligence and in the absence of any error affecting the result the verdict must be upheld. See Riley v. Bank, 86 N. H. 329, 330; Mason v. Andrews, 86 N. H. 277. If a reading of the record might lead this court to an opposite conclusion upon the question of fact from the one reached by the jury, that is no sufficient reason for us to usurp their functions. Employers Assurance Co. v. Sweatt, ante, 31, and cases cited.

Upon the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff it…