Stetson v. Inhabitants of Medford

The sheriff reports all the evidence which was before a jury called to estimate the petitioner’s damages occasioned by the location of a town way over her land. Upon this evidence, the jury were told by him that, if they should find the petitioner had waived her claim to damages, the verdict must be for the respondents. The verdict was for the respondents, and having been returned to the superior court, the petitioner moved to set it aside and for a hew trial, on "the ground that it was against the weight of evidence, and that there was no sufficient evidence to warrant the finding of a…