Barrett v. O'Connell

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries arising from a collision of an automobile operated by the defendant with another automobile in which the plaintiff was riding. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $835. Thereafter the defendant filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground of newly discovered evidence. The alleged newly discovered evidence consisted of statements alleged to have been made by the plaintiff, by one Ducharme, the operator of the automobile in which the plaintiff was riding, and by one Helen Fenton, who was riding in the…