Gray v. Fanning
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for malicious prosecution, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $1,000 damages, which the trial court, upon motion of the defendant, set aside as unreasonable and excessive, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged error of the court in so doing.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The jury in this case rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,000 damages. The defendant in due time made a motion that the verdict be set aside on two grounds: first, that it was against the evidence, and second, that the damages were excessive. The court granted the motion on the second ground, and set the verdict aside.
In granting defendant’s motion upon the second ground alone, and not upon the first, the fair inference is, as claimed by the plaintiff, that the trial court was satisfied that that part of the verdict which finds the issues for the plaintiff was not against the…
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