Case Name: Thomas F. Healy vs. Cumberland County Power & Light Company; John Leonard, Jr. vs. Same
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1926-09-29
Citations: 125 Me. 519
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas F. Healy vs. Cumberland County Power & Light Company. John Leonard, Jr. vs. Same.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 519–519

Head Matter:
Thomas F. Healy vs. Cumberland County Power & Light Company. John Leonard, Jr. vs. Same.
Cumberland County.
Decided September 29, 1926.
Jacob H. Berman, Edward J. Berman and Benjamin L. Berman, for plaintiff.
Verrill, Hale, Booth & Ives, for defendant.

Opinion:
Excep-
tions to directed verdict in favor of defendant. It is well settled that in considering exceptions to the direction of a verdict the only question is whether the jury would have been warranted by the evidence to find a verdict contrary to the one ordered. If a verdict to the contrary could not be sustained it is the duty of the presiding Justice to direct the verdict. If such a verdict would be sustainable the issue of fact should be submitted to the jury. Royal v. Bar Harbor & Union River Power Company, 114 Maine, 220.
A careful examination of the record fails to discover evidence of the negligence of the defendant, and upon the same record a verdict in favor of the plaintiff could not be sustained. Exceptions overruled.