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Little v. Upham

Little v. Upham.

Little v. Upham, 8 A. 823 (N.H. 1886)
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Court
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · State Highest Courts
Decided
December 5, 1886
Judges
Clark, Smith
Citations
8 A. 82364 N.H. 279
Headnotes
Whether a verdict is against the evidence is a question of fact to be decided at the trial term.
Summary
TRESPASS, for assault and battery. Plea, the general issue, with a brief statement that the defendant acted in self-defence. Verdict for the defendant, which the plaintiff moved to set aside, and for a new trial, “because upon the uncontradicted evidence the defendant made the first assault, and assaulted the plaintiff anew after the plaintiff had ceased to inflict or threaten violence to him, -and had retreated.” Motion denied, and the plaintiff excepted.

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Opinion of the Court — Clark

Clark, J.

The objection that a verdict is against the evidence presents no question of law. It is a question of fact to be determined at the trial term.

Fuller v. Bailey, 58 N. H. 71;

Lefavor v. Smith, 58 N. H. 125;

Kelley v. Woodward, 58 N. H. 153;

Hovey v. Brown, 59 N. H. 114.

Exceptions overruled.

Smith, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

How later courts describe this case

No later court has written an explanatory parenthetical about this case yet.

1889: 11894: 11897: 21916: 118892026peak 1897 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Pitman v. Mauran40 A. 392 (N.H. 1897)
  2. Lucier v. Larose20 A. 249 (N.H. 1889)
  3. Drown v. Hamilton44 A. 79 (N.H. 1894)
  4. Abbott v. Concord & Montreal Railroad44 A. 912 (N.H. 1897)
  5. Flaherty v. Manchester Street Railway99 A. 89 (N.H. 1916)

Most recent

  1. Flaherty v. Manchester Street Railway99 A. 89 (N.H. 1916)
  2. Pitman v. Mauran40 A. 392 (N.H. 1897)
  3. Abbott v. Concord & Montreal Railroad44 A. 912 (N.H. 1897)
  4. Drown v. Hamilton44 A. 79 (N.H. 1894)
  5. Lucier v. Larose20 A. 249 (N.H. 1889)

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Authorities cited 4

DepthCaseCited by
Fuller v. Bailey, 58 N.H. 71 (1877) 15
Hovey v. Brown, 59 N.H. 114 (1879) 10
Lefavor v. Smith, 58 N.H. 125 (1877) 4
Kelley v. Woodward, 58 N.H. 153 (1877) 3

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