Black v. Canadian Pac. Ry.
District Court, W.D. New York
At Law. Action by David J. Black against the Canadian Pacific Railway. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendant moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
[1] The action is for malicious prosecution, and the jury has rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $25,000. At the conclusion of the trial a motion was *240made to set aside the verdict on several grounds, and has been disposed of, except in respect of the question as to whether the verdict is excessive. I have not thq transcript of the testimony, but from my own minutes I think I can set forth an outline of the facts as they must be assumed to have been found by the jury. Indeed, there was practically no controversy as to the important facts, and the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Wheeler v. HansonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Northern Pac. R. Co. v. CharlessCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1892
- Sheldon v. . CarpenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Mexican Central Railway Co. v. GehrAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Canadian Pac. Ry. Co. v. BlackCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Pence v. MelvinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1941