Moore v. Fenton

WERNICK, Justice.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment for defendant entered upon a verdict in favor of the defendant which was directed by the presiding Justice at the close of plaintiff’s evidence presented during a jury trial.

We sustain the appeal. 1

Plaintiff seeks recovery for damages to his oil delivery truck allegedly sustained in a collision with an automobile operated by the defendant.

I

When the presiding Justice directed the verdict for defendant he gave as the basic reason:

“There is no evidence in this case of any negligence of the defendant, I haven’t seen any—not one word.”

In the…