Cleveland Ry. Co. v. Huntington

J. W. Huntington brought an action against the Cleveland Railway Company in the court of common pleas at Cleveland, to recover damages for an assault and battery committed upon him by the motorman of a street car that was owned and operated by the street railway company. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Huntington for $10,000. In the trial court a remittitur of $3,000 was made by Huntington, upon the suggestion of the trial judge, and thereupon the motion for new trial filed by the street railway company was overruled and judgment was rendered in favor of Huntington for $7,000. Error…