Legal Opinion

American Cooler Co. v. Scott

District Court, D. Maine

Decided August 23, 1937PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PETERS, District Judge.

This case having been tried before a jury with a verdict for defendant comes before the court upon the motion of the plaintiff to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the law of the case and the weight of the evidence.

There is no special difference of opinion between counsel as to the rules of law governing the consideration and the decision of such a motion, nor could there well be in view of the fact that the law is well settled by many decisions in both the federal and state courts.

The verdict was arrived at after a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pleasants v. FantSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Mt. Adams & E. P. Inclined Ry. Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  3. Hewey v. NourseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1866
  4. Inhabitants of Somerville v. Inhabitants of SmithfieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928
  5. Donohue v. DykstraDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1918

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
  2. Storey v. CamperSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
  3. Miller v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1954
  4. United States v. 133.1 Acres of LandDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1942
  5. Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960

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