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SAWYER v. EWEN

No. 1883.

173 A.2d 549 (1961)

William H. SAWYER v. Maud E. EWEN.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Washington.

Reargument Denied September 5, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gelsie J. Monti, Barre, for plaintiff.

John Molla and Finn & Davis, Barre, for defendant.

Before HULBURD, C. J., and HOLDEN, SHANGRAW, BARNEY and SMITH, JJ.

HULBURD, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff has brought an action for damages in which he claims that, by reason of the defendant's negligence, he sustained injuries when he tripped over a protruding piece of roofing paper while shoveling snow from the defendant's porch roof. The jury, in the trial below, returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1500. This amount the plaintiff considered to be grossly inadequate, and, accordingly, he moved that the verdict be...

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