Case Name: A. B. Matteson vs. Edward J. Logan
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1929-04-11
Citations: 5 R.I. Dec. 107
Docket Number: No. 74722
Parties: A. B. Matteson vs. Edward J. Logan
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 5
Pages: 107–107

Head Matter:
A. B. Matteson vs. Edward J. Logan
No. 74722.
April 11, 1929.
For plaintiff: Quinn, Kernan & Quinn.
For defendant: Daniel E. Geary.

Opinion:
HAHN, J.
After verdict for plaintiff, heard on defendant's motion for a new trial based upon the usual grounds, the ground of newly discovered evidence not being pressed.
This action was based upon a claim for labor and materials furnished by plaintiff for defendant in repairing and rendering more efficient the 'heating plants on Westminster street and on Elmwood avenue.
The plaintiff presents a case- upon which the jury had the right, if they believed his testimony, to return a verdict in his favor. The plaintiff's testimony was contradicted by defendant but apparently the jury believed plaintiff and rendered a verdict in his favor in the sum of $369.76.
During the progress of the trial it appeared, by the weight of the evidence that a radiator furnished by plaintiff in his bill of particulars at $16.46 was about $5.00 in excess of a fair' price for the same. With the exception of the $5.00 above referred to, the verdict is fully sustained by the evidence and the weight thereof.
If plaintiff files a remittitur for the above sum of $5.00 on or before April 20, 1929, motion for a new trial is denied, otherwise same is granted.