Hovas v. Cirigliano

These are actions of trespass on the case, brought by a man and his wife respectively, to recover damages sustained and alleged to have been caused by the de fendant’s negligence in so operating an automobile that it ran into one in which the plaintiffs were riding, in the intersection .of Thayer and Waterman streets in the city of Providence.

These actions were tried together before a jury in the superior court and at the conclusion of the trial a verdict for the defendant was returned in each case. Thereafter in each one a motion by the plaintiff for a new trial was granted by the trial…