LaMotte v. Retail Hardware Mutual Fire Insurance

The plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in changing the answers of the jury to the questions submitted. Although both assignments of error are argued in the briefs of counsel, we find it unnecessary to discuss the question as to whether there was evidence to support the *44finding of the jury that Joe LaMotte was not a member of the plaintiff’s household at the time of the alleged theft, in view of our conclusion that the trial court was clearly right in changing the answer of the jury to the first question submitted. If Joe, or his companion Beauprey, did not steal the plaintiff’s car…