Legal Opinion
Arnold J. Uhl v. Echols Transfer Company and Rufus Johnson, I. H. Eskridge v. Echols Transfer Company and Rufus Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1956No. 16075PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, appealing from judgments in their favor in suits for personal injuries, are here complaining: (1) that the verdicts were inadequate in law; (2) that, on the record, denials of their motions for new trial constituted an abuse of discretion; and (3) that there was reversible error in excluding, on defendants’ objection, evidence offered by plaintiffs.
Recognizing the established rule to be that federal appellate courts will not inquire into the amount of a verdict to determine whether the award is excessive or inadequate in fact, but only whether it is so as…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Indamer Corporation v. C. H. CrandonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. DilliardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Sunray Oil Corporation v. G. T. AllbrittonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- James A. Dennis and Jean D. Dennis, His Wife v. General Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1964
- Fabrizi v. GriffinDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1958
- George Buford Sikes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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