Humes v. Schaller

The plaintiff in this case on August 14, 1915, was severely injured by an automobile driven by a servant of the defendant at a point on the main road in Warwick, just south of Apponaug. A verdict has been returned in his favor and the trial judge has denied defendant’s motion for a new trial. To such ruling the defendant duly excepted, as he also did to the refusal of the court to grant two requests for instructions. The case is before this court on these three exceptions.

Two grounds of error are urged in support of the exception to the denial of the motion for a new trial, namely: first,…