Meriden National Bank v. Turner

Appellants’ principal assignment of error relates to the judge’s charge to the jury on the second issue with respect to the burden of proof. The trial judge charged the jury upon that issue that the burden of proof was upon the defendants to satisfy the jury by the greater weight of the testimony that the plaintiff bank did not exercise reasonable diligence and good faith in the disposition of the described property. In this we think there was error entitling the defendants to a new trial.

The plaintiff having admitted the receipt of the property as collateral security for the defendants’…