Thigpen v. Thigpen

Quillian, Judge.

The executor of the estate of Fred L. Thigpen filed a caveat to the return of the appraisers appointed to-set apart a year’s support to Mrs. A-mmie B. Thigpen. The appraisers had awarded Mrs. Thigpen $6,340 as a year’s support. The cause was appealed by consent to the Jefferson Superior Court and tried before a jury who found for Mrs. Thigpen in the amount of $6,000-.

Appeal was taken from the overruling of caveator’s motion for new trial. The only question for this court’s consideration is whether the verdict is excessive, the caveator contending that the undisputed weight of…