Case Name: Delia McSherry vs. J. Eugene Peckham
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1928-03
Citations: 4 R.I. Dec. 106
Docket Number: No. 3962
Parties: Delia McSherry vs. J. Eugene Peckham
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 4
Pages: 106–107

Head Matter:
Delia McSherry vs. J. Eugene Peckham
No. 3962.
March 1928

Opinion:
CAPOTOSTO, J.
This is an action for negligence brought b'y the plaintiff, a pedestrian, who claims to have been injured by an automobile driven by the defendant and proceeding in the same direction that she was going. The action happened on a country road on the Island of Jamestown some time between 9:30 and 10 o'clock in the evening of July 21, 1927. The plaintiff having recovered a verdict for $255, the defendant moves for a new trial.
The weather was anything that the jury chose to make it. According to some testimony, it was a clear night; if this was not believed, then there was evidence to the effect that there was a fog along the shore and adjacent lowlands; if both these views were rejected, then one could find that there was a thick, almost impenetrable fog, enveloping at least that portion of the island which included the road in question.
Eor Plaintiff: 'Sheffield & Harvey.
For Defendant: Max Levy.
The evidence on the question of liability was as conflicting as the weather itself. In the absence of positive discrediting circumstances, the jury had a right to believe whatever portions of the testimony it chose to rely upon, even though other reasonable men might make a different choice and thereby reach a different conclusion. This Court sees no reason why the verdict should be disturbed.
Motion for new trial denied.