Smith v. Hall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage, and-compensation for services rendered, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for |5,310, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Action to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage, and-compensation for services rendered, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County and tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for |5,310, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendant also moved for a new trial, first in the Superior Court and then in this court, upon the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and that the damages awarded were excessive. The complaint contained two counts, the first consisting of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
This ease comes before us upon a motion for a new trial for a verdict against evidence, and upon an appeal for alleged errors of the court in its rulings upon evidence and in its charge to the jury.
So far as the motion for a new trial is concerned, testing the claims of the defendant thereunder by the principles heretofore laid down by this court in the cases cited below, we are of opinion that the damages awarded to the plaintiff are not so flagrantly excessive, nor the verdict in other respects so manifestly against the evidence, as to entitle the defendant to a new trial. Clark v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kinnier v. . KinnierNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Michaels v. PostSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- City of Hartford v. ChampionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
- Baugh ex rel. McGuire v. BaughMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Clark v. PendletonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
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- Tyler v. AspinwallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Guffin v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Miller v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
- Gorman v. FittsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Colburn v. MarbleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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