Wood v. Moriarty
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Defendant’s petition for a new trial. The plaintiffs’ petition for a new trial in this case is reported 15 R. I.- 518, 523. The trial took place before a jury at the October Term, A. D. 1887, of this court, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs. The defendant then filed this petition.
1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.
This is the case in which a new trial was granted at a former term. The release given by-Joshua W. Tibbetts to the defendant, in part consideration for which it was claimed that the defendant agreed with Tibbetts to pay to the plaintiffs what he owed them, was given August 26, 1885. At the second trial Tibbetts testified that he forthwith informed the plaintiffs of the agreement. Alanson P. Wood was called as a witness for the plaintiffs, and testified that he was their business manager or salesman ; that, immediately after the information was received, he went to see the defendant, and asked…
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