Driscoll v. Batchelor's Bottling Works, Inc.

Heard on defendant’s motion for new trial after verdict for plaintiff for $4,700.

The grounds of defendant’s motion are as follows:

“First: Because the verdict was against the evidence and the weight thereof..Second: Because the verdict was against the law and the evidence and the weight thereof.

Third: Because the verdict does not do substantial justice between the parties.

Fourth: Because the defendant has discovered new and material evidence which was not reasonably available at the time of trial.”

On the 31st of August, 1929, plaintiff, a widow, '48 years of age, was riding on the right hand…