OVEROCKER v. ADAMS

No. 312.

127 A.2d 117 (1956)

Cora V. OVEROCKER v. Walter M. ADAMS, d/b/a W. M. Adams & Sons and Champlain Realty Co., Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Chittenden.

November 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Pearley Feen, Paul D. Sheehey and Philip W. Hunt, Burlington, for plaintiff.

Edmunds, Austin & Wick, Burlington, (for Adams) Latham & Peisch, Burlington, for Champlain Realty Co., Inc.

Before JEFFORDS, C. J., and CLEARY, ADAMS, HULBURD and HOLDEN, JJ.


CLEARY, Justice.

This is an action of tort for alleged negligence resulting in injuries to the plaintiff when she fell into a hole in a public highway. Trial was by jury. At the close of the plaintiff's case the court directed a verdict for the defendant Champlain Realty Co., Inc. At this time and again at the close of all the evidence the court denied defendant Adams' motion for a directed verdict but the jury returned a...

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