58 N.H. 284 | N.H. | 1878
The request for instructions presented as matter of law what was a question of fact. Travelling upon the highway by one *286
who is blind, or whose vision is defective, or when external things are wholly obscured by darkness, is not negligence in itself. There are other elements to be taken into the account. Sleeper v. Sandown,
Whether the verdict should be set aside as against the evidence, is for the exclusive determination of the judge who tried the case. We should not have considered the evidence, if the request to report it had been complied with. Gamsby v. Columbia, ante, p. 60; Fuller v. Bailey, ante, p. 71; Lefavor v. Smith, ante, p. 125; Kelley v. Woodward, ante, p. 153.
The referee's report was evidence for the jury. Deverson v. Railroad, ante, p. 129; Smith v. Fellows, ante, p. 169; Garland v. Towne, ante, p. 187.
Exceptions overruled.
FOSTER and BINGHAM, JJ., did not sit.