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SANDERSON v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD R. CO.

Ex. Nos. 9840, 9841.

142 A.2d 124 (1958)

William SANDERSON, Jr. v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. Rhea SANDERSON v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McBurney, Partucket, for plaintiffs.

William J. Carlos, Providence, for defendant.

CONDON, Chief Justice.

These are actions of trespass on the case for negligence which were tried together in the superior court and resulted in a verdict for each plaintiff. Thereafter the defendant moved for a new trial in each case. The trial justice granted the motion in William Sanderson's case and denied it in the case of Rhea Sanderson on condition that she remit all of the verdict in her favor in excess of $8,000. She duly filed such remittitur and thereupon...

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