Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1911

Barrett v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.

Barrett v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided June 6, 1911
107 Me. 536; 80 A. 1130; 1911 Me. LEXIS 33

Barrett v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

The rescript says : "This case was before this court in 104 Maine, 479. The sole question before the court now, as then is the mental capacity of the plaintiff to comprehend the settlement pleaded by the defendant as a bar to his right to recover, as no allegation of fraud appears in the plaintiff’s declaration. The new evidence produced at the second trial did not so change the aspect of the case as to warrant the jury in finding that the plaintiff did not possess the mental capacity to understand the nature of the settlement. Motion sustained. Verdict set aside.”

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