44 A. 912 | N.H. | 1897
In order that the plaintiff should prevail it was necessary for him to prove that his injury was caused by the negligence of the defendants' servant. *177
The plaintiff's evidence tended to prove that the trunks were hurriedly loaded and that so many were placed upon the forward end of the truck as to cause it to tip and throw those last loaded upon the plaintiff; and that just before the accident Woodlawn was loading trunks upon that end. Conceding the truth of this evidence (Bullard v. Railroad,
The defendants' evidence tended to prove that it was not Woodlawn who loaded the trunks upon the forward end of the truck, but two of the plaintiff's fellow servants. The evidence upon this point was conflicting and required to be weighed. The duty of weighing it belonged to the jury (Lucier v. Larose,
The question whether the verdict should be set aside as against the weight of the evidence was for the trial judge. Fuller v. Bailey,
Exceptions overruled: judgment for the plaintiff.
PARSONS, J., did not sit: the others concurred.