Bradley v. Brayton

At the trial in the superior court of this action of trespass on the case for negligence, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1500. The defendant thereupon filed a motion for a new trial which, after hearing, was granted by the trial justice unless the plaintiff should remit within a specified time all of the verdict in excess of $500. The plaintiff filed such remittitur. The defendant then prosecuted her bill of exceptions to this court. The only exception now pressed by the defendant is to the refusal of the trial justice to grant her an unconditional new trial.

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