PAOLINO, J.
This action of assumpsit was brought against the defendant as maker of a certain promissory note. He pleaded the general issue and a plea in bar alleging that at the time the note was executed he was so intoxicated as to be deprived of the exercise of his understanding. The case was tried in the superior court and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The trial justice granted the plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was...
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