MacGowan v. Duff
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of this court entered upon the verdict of a jury and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.— [Present, Daly and Van Hoesen, JJ.]
■—The learned judge told the jury that “if there was a disposition on the part of the defendant’s agent to insult the plaintiff, and subject him to contempt and ridicule, which could only proceed from motives or feelings of malice, then the law permits the imposing of exemplary damages.”
We think that that instruction was erroneous, because there is not in the case any evidence from which the jury could fairly conclude that the defendant’s employes wished or intended to insult the plaintiff, or to subject him to ridicule or contempt; and it has…
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