Murphy Truck Lines v. Brown

Mr. C~fttee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents the following question for decision: where the trial judge has approved the verdict of the jury for and on behalf of the plaintiffs, but suggests *416a remittitur of 50 per oent of the verdict which is accepted under protest, what supervisory authority does the Court of Appeals have with respect to a restoration of the original verdict, or a part of the remittitur suggested by the trial court?

We granted certiorari and filed with the record the following Per Curiam Opinion:

‘ ‘ This case originated in the Circuit Court…