Walder v. Manahan

Kinkead, C. 0. J.

The defendants seek to set aside a verdict of $20,000 awarded by a jury to the plaintiff after a six-day trial in the Monmouth Circuit Court at Freehold, on three grounds, the first ground being that the verdict in the form in which it was returned by the jury was illegal. The jury’s verdict was rendered as follows: “We find in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants in the sum of $20,000; $10,000 against each defendant.”

The suit was based on a claim by the plaintiff that the two defendants, who are medical doctors, illegally committed the plaintiff on April 22d,…