Forbes v. New York Life Ins. Co.
| Decision Date | 01 March 1901 |
| Citation | 178 Mass. 139,59 N.E. 636 |
| Parties | FORBES v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
J. & J. Ballantyne, for plaintiff.
Wm. A. Morse and I. R. Clark, for defendant.
OPINION
The court had power, of its own motion, to order the verdict to be set aside. Pub. St. c. 153, § 6; Ellis v. Ginsburg, 163 Mass. 146, 39 N.E. 800. It is not necessary to consider St. 1897, c. 472, for the reason that no questions or issues were submitted to the jury. Exceptions overruled.
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