Glancy v. Kent

RESCRIPT

HAHN, J.

Heard on defendant’s motion for a new trial after a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of •?19,340 in an action of trespass on the case for negligence which resulted in ■loss -of plaintiff’s left arm, with a further special finding that the plaintiff, at the time of the accident, was under the age of sixteen.

The motion, while in the customary .form, was argued upon the question of whether the plaintiff had shown by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the accident was not the result of his own contributory negligence and that the damages awarded were excessive.

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