Hawkins v. Kuhne
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, August Kuhne, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 3d day of January, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,788.09, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of January, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages upon a complaint containing two counts, one for an assault and the other for false imprisonment. The learned trial court held that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and left it to the jury to determine the amount of the recovery, under appropriate instructions that the damages were to be compensatory only, including expenses riot exceeding a certain sum.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,788.09, and the defendant appeals from the judgment on the verdict and from the order denying his motion for a new…
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