Shackford v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff. Exceptions overruled. This is an action on the case to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff on July 15, 1908. Plea, general issue and brief statement of special matters in defense. At the conclusion of the evidence, the presiding Justice directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted to that direction. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Action on the case to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, July 15, 1908. The writ is dated May 20, 1913. At the conclusion of the evidence the presiding Justice directed a verdict for the defendant, and the case comes before this court on the plaintiff’s exceptions to that direction.
In considering exceptions of this kind, it is not the province of the court to weigh conflicting evidence and ascertain its comparative value, but only to determine whether the evidence, considered most favorably for the plaintiff, would have warranted a verdict in his favor. Johnson v. N.…
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