Wait v. Robertson Mortgage Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered July 8, 1904, setting aside a verdict as excessive and granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the defendants, without any probable cause therefor, *283wrongfully and maliciously caused a charge of insanity to be preferred against the plaintiff, upon which the plaintiff was arrested, examined, and discharged. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $1,916. The court in which the verdict was returned granted a new trial, upon the sole ground that the verdict was excessive. From the order granting a new trial, this appeal is taken.
The appellant contends that the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the…
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