Towle v. Morse
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries received by him as the result of the alleged failure of duty on the part of the defendant toward him in the use and management of his automobile on the public highway between Pittsfield and Palmyra. Plea, the general issue. Tried at the March term, 1907, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Somerset County.
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On motion by defendant. Action on the case brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries received by him as the result of the alleged failure of duty on the part of the defendant toward him in the use and management of his automobile on the public highway between Pittsfield and Palmyra. Plea, the general issue. Tried at the March term, 1907, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Somerset County. Verdict for plaintiff for $225. The defendant then filed a general motion to have the verdict set aside. The case appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $225 for personal injuries received by him as a result of the alleged failure of. duty on the part of the defendant toward him in the use and management of his automobile on the public highway between Pittsfield and Palmyra. The case comes to the Law Court on a motion to set aside the verdict as against the evidence upon the question of the defendant’s liability.
In his amended declaration the plaintiff thus states his cause of action: "The defendant, being the owner, operator and manager of an automobile, was then and there running said automobile, on said…
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