Foley v. Brunswick Traction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fort, J.

In this case, but three grounds were seriously urged for a new trial. The first related to an alleged error of the trial justice in admitting a certain map in evidence; the second was that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and the third, that, the verdict was excessive.

On the plaintiff’s direct case Asher Atkinson, a civil engineer, was called and testified that he had made a map of the locality of the accident at a time when he was in the employ of the defendant. On cross-examination the defendant produced a map, which he…