Case Name: Brown, Adm'r, v. The Mass. M. L. Ins. Co.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1880-12
Citations: 60 N.H. 195
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brown, Adm'r, v. The Mass. M. L. Ins. Co.
Judges: Allen and Blodgett, JJ., concurred: the others did not sit.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 195–195

Head Matter:
Brown, Adm'r, v. The Mass. M. L. Ins. Co.
When, on a reserved case, a verdict for the plaintiff has been set aside because a motion for a nonsuit made at the trial should have been granted, for want of evidence which the plaintiff may be able to produce, the plaintiff is ordinarily entitled to a new trial.
Assumpsit, reported in 59 N. H. 298.
Copeland Edgerly, for tbe plaintiff.
Wheeler, for the defendants.

Opinion:
Foster, J.
The plaintiff had a verdict, which was set aside because a motion made at the trial should have been granted. There was a want of certain evidence on the part of the plaintiff, but this evidence he may be able to produce at another trial. He claims a new trial, and the defendants claim a judgment. There might be a reason for requiring a party to produce all his evidence at the first trial, and there might be a reason for giving him another opportunity. In this case, if the motion for a nonsuit had been sustained at the trial, a motion by the plaintiff for leave to supply the defect in his evidence might have been granted; and there does not appear to be sufficient cause for giving the defendant judgment.
Case discharged.
Allen and Blodgett, JJ., concurred: the others did not sit.