Gerlach Live Stock Co. v. Laxalt

We feel, after an examination of the authorities, that the case as it stands in affirming the award of exemplary damages without any actual or compensatory damages is against the weight of authority. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Garrett, 158 P. 619; Friedly v. Giddings, 119 Fed. 438; Graham v. Fulford, 73 Ill. 596; Cole v. Gray, 79 P. 654; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Lausen, 76 P. 283; Gannsly v. Perkins, 30 Mich. 492; Hoagland v. Forest Park Highland Amusement Co., 70 S.W. 878; Adams v. St. Louis Railway Co., 130 S.W. 48; Gerard v. Moore, 26 S.W. 945; Maxwell v. Kennedy, 7 N.W. 657;…