Dreeben v. Whitehurst

I dissent from the view of the majority in holding that, appellant’s assignment, complaining of the excessiveness of the verdict, is too general, and in refusing to consider the same. This assignment (paragraph 20 of appellant’s motion) is that the court erred (in rendering judgment against appellant) because the verdict is grossly excessive, ‘,‘in that the uncontroverted evidence shows that the plaintiff’s services for the defendant were not worth more than $10, or in any event only a nominal sum.” In my opinion, the assignment is sufficient to direct the attention of the court to the error…