Hayes v. Staples

The above entitled actions are actions for personal injuries arising out of the same accident. They were tried together in the court below, and resulted in verdicts awarding to the respondents Aletta A. Hayes and R. B. Hayes the sum of $3,500, and to the respondent Mabel A. Hayes the sum of $500. On objection made to the amount of the verdicts, the court allowed the first mentioned verdict to stand as returned by the jury. As to the second, it gave the respondent the option of taking a judgment thereon for the sum of $200 or of submitting to a new trial. The respondent accepted the first of…