Glidden v. Butler

This case reserves and transfers to this court the exception of the defendant to denial by the Superior Court (Loughlin, J.) of her motion to set aside a verdict for the plaintiff and to direct a verdict for the defendant in an action by the owner of an automobile to recover for property damage which occurred to the vehicle while being operated by his wife at Middleton on March 19, 1965. The verdict was returned by a Referee (Richard H. Keefe, Esq.) following a hearing at which no record of the testimony was kept. The findings and rulings of the referee were as follows: “The plaintiff had…