Reid v. Abbiatti

This is an action of tort for property damage sustained in an automobile accident. Trial was by jury with a resulting verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The case is here on defendant’s exceptions which are to the refusal of the Court to grant his motion for a directed verdict; to the refusal of the Court to charge as requested; and to matters of evidence. We will discuss the exceptions in the order named.

The motion was based on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to show any negligence on the part of the defendant which was a proximate cause of the accident and that the evidence…