Case Name: John Hurley vs. Adams Express Company
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1914-06-10
Citations: 88 Conn. 732
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Hurley vs. Adams Express Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 732–732

Head Matter:
John Hurley vs. Adams Express Company.
Second Judicial District.
Argued April 29th
decided June 10th, 1914.
Action to recover damages for the nondelivery and loss of certain goods entrusted to the defendant as a common carrier, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New London County.-and tried to the jury before Waller, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $145, and appeal by the defendant.
No error.
William H. Shields and William H. Shields, Jr., for the appellant (defendant).
Allyn L. Brown,-for the appellee (plaintiff).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only error assigned is the refusal of the court to set- aside the-verdict-as being against-the evidence. The issues in the case were of fact, and the -only one which the evidence, as presented, left for the determination of the jury was the narrow one as to whether or not the goods, which are the subject of the suit, were delivered- to the defendant as a common carrier. - The plaintiff produced direct and positive evidence which very strongly indicated that such delivery was made. - The degree of credit and weight to be attached to this testimony was a matter peculiarly within the province of the jury, and the conclusion at which it arrived was clearly one which it reasonably could have-reached. -
• There is no- error.