Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event.
Although there was no exception to the charge and the learned Trial Justice obviously did not intend to charge the rules of law applicable to both situations, we are unable to determine from the record presented the rule of law which governed the determination by the jury, or the meaning ascribed by the jury to the conflicting portions of the instructions...
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