27 A.2d 911

COREY STAIRS vs. FREDERICK QUINCY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Penobscot.
Opinion, August 4, 1942.

Automobiles. Negligence. Jury Verdict.

It not appearing in the instant case that the finding of the jury was manifestly wrong, the finding should not be interfered with.

ON MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.

Action alleging negligence on the part of the defendant. The jury found for the plaintiff. The defendant moved for a new

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trial. Motion overruled. The case fully appears in the opinion.

Fellows Fellows, by Oscar Fellows, for the plaintiff.

Benjamin W. Blanchard, for the defendant.

SITTING: STURGIS, C. J., THAXTER, HUDSON, MANSER, WORSTER, MURCHIE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

General Motion for a new trial in an action of negligence.

The evidence brought forward warrants the finding that as plaintiff, on February 6, 1941, drove his automobile along the right lane of State Street in Bangor, the defendant, although he observed his approach, entered the highway with his car from a connecting private road without yielding the right of way as required by Section 8, Chapter 29, R. S. It not being made to appear that the finding of the jury, indicated by their verdict, that the negligence of the defendant was the sole proximate cause of the collision which resulted was manifestly wrong or that the damages were excessive the mandate is,

Motion overruled.

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