Legal Opinion
Farrar v. Wheeler
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 1906No. 574PublishedCited by 18 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover for personal injuries, brought by a minor through his father as next friend, in which the jury returned a general verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing damages in the sum of $5,000. The assignments of error relate to the rulings of the court below on the assessment of damages. In the instructions to the jury upon this point the court said:
“You may, in determining the damages to be awarded the plaintiff in this ease, provided yon shall find that he is entitled to recover, consider the question of loss of services; Unit is, the plaintiff…
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