Atherton v. Crandlemire Et Al‪.‬

In the Trial Court the plaintiff herein recovered a verdict against two defendants as joint tort feasors, wherein damages were assessed at the sum of $800. It is entirely clear under the law in this State that each wrongdoer is liable for the whole amount of damage resulting from separate negligent acts which operate together to cause damage to another, although the party injured can have but one satisfaction, Stuart v. Chapman, 104 Me. 17, 70 A. 1069. The case comes to this Court on a general motion filed by the defendant Crandlemire alone, and although no exception was noted in connection with the action, reliance in argument is based not only upon the usual allegations of such a motion, but on the fact that the verdict returned by the jury carried the statement ""$400.00 each"" immediately following the assessment of the damage.