New Orleans & N. E. R. v. Snelgrove

There was a .verdict and judgment in this case for the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

We are of opinion that no reversible error occurred in the trial of the cause, except the action of the court in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial upon thé ground that the verdict was excessive. The verdict is so large that, in our opinion, it was the result of passion or prejudice on the part of the jury. Viewing un der the evidence the conscious pain and suffering* endured by the deceased, in connection with the pecuniary loss suffered hy his dependents on account of his death, in the most…