Thomas v. Newport Oil Corporation

This is an action of the case in assumpsit for breach of contract for furnishing fuel oil. The case was tried in the superior court before a justice thereof sitting with a jury, and at the conclusion of the testimony the defendant moved for a directed verdict which was denied. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $1,508.03. Thereafter the defendant filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. The case is before this court on the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of its motions for a directed verdict and a new trial.

The pertinent part of the declaration reads as…