Gould v. White
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Writ of entry, to recover possession of a tract of land, situated in Bartlett, in this county. The writ was dated July 13th, 1849, and the cause was tried upon the general issue.
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Writ of entry, to recover possession of a tract of land, situated in Bartlett, in this county. The writ was dated July 13th, 1849, and the cause was tried upon the general issue. On the part of the demandant, it was proved that at the September term of the common pleas, 1829, a conditional judgment was rendered in favor of the demandant against the tenant for possession of the demanded premises, in an action brought by the demandant, upon a mortgage given by the tenant, on the 22d day of November, 1826, to secure the payment of a promissory note of the same date, signed by the tenant, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
It is contended that the verdict rendered in this case was against evidence, and a motion is made to set .it aside on that account.
Questions similar to this have been raised and considered several times by this .court within the past few years, and the rules governing motions of this class have become well established.
The court will not set aside á verdict as against evidence in a cause, merely because they might, upon an examination of the evidence, have arrived at a result different from that found by the jury. Nor will they set it aside on this ground, where the credibility of witnesses is…
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