Case Name: Jane B. Coombs vs. Howard A. Markley
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1928-10-08
Citations: 127 Me. 548
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jane B. Coombs vs. Howard A. Markley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 127
Pages: 548–548

Head Matter:
Jane B. Coombs vs. Howard A. Markley.
Androscoggin County.
Decided October 8, 1928.
George C. Webber, for plaintiff.
Regmald W. Harris, Perkins $ Weeks, for defendant.

Opinion:
While the plaintiff was riding by invitation with her husband in his automobile a collision occurred between that automobile and the automobile of the defendant, to the personal injury of the plaintiff.
Men of equal intelligence and impartiality might honestly differ in their conclusions upon the question whether the defendant under the circumstances was actionably negligent. In such cases the law invokes the judgment of a jury.
On the trial of this- case the jury found the proof to fall short of establishing legal liability on the part of the defendant for the unfortunate occurrence. It follows that the motion of the plaintiff that another trial- be held must be overruled. Motion overruled.