Nadeau v. Caribou Water, Light & Power Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the caseto recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of defendant company. Defendant company filed plea of general issue. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $2412.50. Defendant filed motion for new trial also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice. Motion overruled. Exceptions overruled. Hanson, J., Dunn, J., Wilson, J., Concur.
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Action on the caseto recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of defendant company. Defendant company filed plea of general issue. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $2412.50. Defendant filed motion for new trial also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice. Motion overruled. Exceptions overruled. Hanson, J., Dunn, J., Wilson, J., Concur. Morrill, J., concurs in the result in an opinion holding that there was no error in the ruling and refusal to rule of the presiding Justice. CorNish, C. J., concurs in the latter opinion.
1ConcurrenceMorrjll, J.
I concur in overruling the motion for a new trial. The verdict was fully justified by the evidence as disclosed by the entire record; and no evidence offered in defense was excluded.
I also concur in overruling the exceptions, but not for the reasons stated in the opinion.
As the case was presented upon the pleadings, I think that the rulings of the presiding Justice were correct. The declaration sets forth a cause of action at common law and contains all the allegations necessary to sustain such action. The defendant pleaded the general issue without a brief statement. The record shows that…
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- Pope v. Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Dooley v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914