Hermann v. Rhode Island Co.

Each of the above entitled cases is an action of trespass on the case to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant’s servants. Said cases were tried together before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. At said trial a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, Ida Hermann, in the sum of four thousand dollars; and for the plaintiff, Otto Hermann, in the sum of five hundred dollars. In each case the justice presiding at the trial granted the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The cases are before us upon the plaintiff’s exceptions…