Fuller v. Redding
New York Supreme Court
Motion by defendant, upon the minutes of .the judge, 'to set aside the verdict and for a new trial upon exceptions and because" the verdict was for excessive damages, and otherwise contrary to the evidence and to law.
1Opinion of the CourtMattice, J.
The jury rendered a verdict of $600 in favor of the plaintiff for being falsely imprisoned and unlawfully restrained of her liberty by the defendant.
■ The jury was directed to render a verdict for plaintiff and were required to assess her damages.
*635The inference most favorable to the defendant drawn from the evidence required such direction.
The village of Otego, a municipal corporation created under the General Village Act, had by its board of - trustees' passed an ordinance which in effect prohibited all persons from riding a bicycle- upon sidewalks under a penalty of $1. I am not entirely…
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