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69 N.H. 230

40 A 392

Pitman v. Mauran

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided December 5, 1897

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1897-12-05

Assumpsit. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant. The day after the verdict was rendered the plaintiff moved to set it aside as against the law and evidence; and two or three days afterward filed a written motion to set it aside on the same ground and also in arrest of judgment and for a new trial,, specifying certain particulars wherein he claimed it was against the law and the evidence.

Relies on Fuller v. Bailey · Moore v. Ross · Opinion of the Justices

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Decided 1897-12-05

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Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently December 1926

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Wallace, J.

¶1 Whether the verdict is against the evidence, is a question of fact to be decided at the trial term. Fuller v. Bailey, 58 N. H. 71; Lefavor v. Smith, 58 N. H. 125; Kelley v. Woodward, 58 N. H. 153; Daniels v. Lebanon, 58 N. H. 284; Hovey v. Brown, 59 N. H. 114; Little v. Upham, 64 N. H. 279; Lucier v. Larose, 66 N. H. 141.

¶2 If the plaintiff desired different or additional instructions, he. should have asked for them at the trial. If an exception was-desired to the charge, it should have been taken before the jury retired. If there was any error, it could have been, and doubtless would have been, corrected. Such exceptions not taken at *231 that time are waived, and cannot be taken afterward. Rules of Court, No. 54,—56 N. H. 590; Moore v. Ross, 11 N. H. 547, 557; State v. Rye, 35 N. H. 368, 381; Boyce v. Railroad, 43 N. H. 627; State v. Gorham, 55 N. H. 152; Bank v. Ferguson, 58 N. H. 403; Dow v. Merrill, 65 N. H. 107.

¶3 Exceptions overruled.

Clark, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
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