Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1958

Monti v. McGarry

Monti v. McGarry
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided February 7, 1958 · Andrews, Condon, Paolino, Roberts
87 R.I. 88; 138 A.2d 423; 1958 R.I. LEXIS 18

Monti v. McGarry

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence arising out of a collision between two trucks. The case was tried to a jury in the superior court and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $16,500. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied and the case is before us on his bill of exceptions to such denial and to other exceptions taken to rulings during the trial.

■The court as constituted at the time the case was decided *89being evenly divided as to the merits of defendant’s exception to the denial of his motion for a new trial, the verdict stands, and the case is remitted to the superior court for entry of judgment thereon.

Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, for plaintiff. James E. Flannery, for defendant.

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