Jones v. Bennett

Gardner, Judge:

Jones (the plaintiff) sued Dr. J. M. Bennett, Jr., (the defendant) for alienation of affection; the complaint demanded $150,000 damages. The jury first returned a verdict for $300,000; the trial judge instructed the jury that the verdict could not exceed the amount prayed for, and required the jury to redeliberate; the jury then returned a verdict for $150,000, the amount prayed for. After the second verdict *97was published, defendant’s attorney notified the trial judge that he had been informed of remarks made by an employee of the tax collector’s office, Mrs. Smith, to two…