McLaughlin v. Doane
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
.Oat Motion to set aside the verdict as being against the weight of evidence, and for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, the latter of which motions was filed the next day after the verdict was rendered. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWalton, J.
Plaintiff and defendant visited a public exhibition of fire-works on the evening of the 4th of July; plaintiff with a buggy and one horse,—defendant with a gigger and two horses. The defendant’s horses took fright at the fire-works and run against the plaintiffs buggy, upset it, and broke it badly. .
The principal question at the trial was whether the defendant’s driver, at the time the horses took fright, did or did not have hold of the reins. The evidence was conflict-. *290ing, the plaintiff and his witnesses swearing that he did not, and the defendant’s driver, and several other witnesses…
2Cited by1 opinion
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