Huling v. Finn

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence, brought by the plaintiff, a minor, by his mother as next friend. He seeks to recover damages for injuries which he received'in a collision between defendant’s motor truck and a railroad train at a grade crossing in the town of East Greenwich on September 10, 1935.

The case was tried before a jury in the superior court, and the trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $11,000. Thereafter, the trial justice refused to grant unconditionally the defendant’s motion for a new trial, but did grant such motion unless the plaintiff…