Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Willey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 17, 1914PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, C. J.
This case comes before us on a report by a judge of the Superior Court* of questions of law raised upon a motion for setting aside the verdict. John Hetherington & Sons v. William Firth Co. 212 Mass. 257. The case was sent to an auditor whose report was for the plaintiff in a large sum. It then was tried before a jury, which also found for the plaintiff in about the same amount. Thereupon the defendants made a motion for a new trial on four different grounds, one being excessive damages. Upon this motion the order was made, “The court adjudges the verdict to be excessive by the sum of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Simmons v. FishMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Scannell v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Peirson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Burke v. HodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Lopes v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Berggren v. Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Ogden v. AspinwallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Harrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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