Turnbull v. Richardson

It is not the province of this Court to set aside the verdicts of juries upon the ground that their verdicts are excessively large or small. This is a discretionary power, and resides, under our practice, with the circuit judge. The only questions we can review upon writ of error and bill of exceptions are those of law which have been passed upon by the trial court.

The errors assigned upon the record in this case relate principally to the rulings of the trial court holding that certain hypothetical questions were proper to be propounded to •expert witnesses.

The plaintiffs are attorneys and…