Castner v. Wright

— Plaintiff Castner brought this law action against defendant Wright for alienating the affections of plaintiff’s wife Gelenne. Following trial a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff of $45,000. The trial court ruled this amount was not sustained by sufficient evidence and gave plaintiff the. option of remitting all in excess of $12,500 or submitting to a new trial. Plaintiff filed the remittitur. Defendant has appealed from judgment against him for the reduced amount.

I. Defendant’s first assigned error is the overruling (by Judge Carson who did not preside at the trial) of his motion for…