Malland v. Sims

This is an action for personal injuries tried to a jury. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $13,700. On motion for a new trial, the verdict was held to he excessive and the re- suit of passion and prejudice. The plaintiff was given the option of consenting to a reduction in the amount of the verdict to $7,500, and, he so consenting, a judgment followed upon the verdict as reduced, from which the defendants have appealed.

Appellants present here a number of interesting and important questions, but the conclusions we have reached on one of the questions makes it…