Coyne v. Coastwise Dredging Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the defendant’s servant.

The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000. The justice, who presided at the trial, granted the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The case is before us upon the plaintiff’s exception to this action of said justice.

It appears from the transcript of the testimony presented in the Superior Court that on July 16th, 1911,…