Kelly v. City of Higginsville

Plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, sued to recover damages for the death of their minor unmarried'son which they charge was caused by negligence of defendant. The answer is a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence. A verdict was returned for plaintiffs in the sum of • twenty'ñve hundred dollars, but afterward defendant’s motion for a new trial, which alleged a number of grounds, was sustained on the sole ground of an excessive verdict. Plaintiffs did not offer to enter a remittitur and the court did not indicate its views concerning the extent of the excessiveness. Plaintiff…