Flannery v. Wood

SPEER, Associate Justice.

—Tom Wood sued the appellants in the District Court of Bosque County to recover $10,500 actual and $10,500 e&emplary damages, for an assault and battery inflicted upon him and his wife, and for the value of certain household goods carried away by appellants, and from á judgment in his favor for $56 actual and $2344 exemplary damages this appeal is prosecuted.

The evidence is ample to sustain the verdict for actual damages in the amount recovered; but we are of opinion the assignment complaining of the excessiveness of the verdict for exemplary damages should be…