McMahon v. the Rhode Island Company

jp”Parkhurst, J.

This is an action of the case for negligence resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was injured in a collision with a train of the defendant’s cars, on Dyer street, in the city of Providence, March 10, 1910, opposite the scales and yard of the Eastern Coal Company, from which the plaintiff’s intestate was driving out with a large coal wagon drawn by a pair of horses.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,000.

The defendant filed its motion for a new trial upon the usual grounds, viz.: (1) verdict contrary to evidence; (2) verdict contrary to law;…