Follett v. Brown

Appellants are the children and widow of Leonard P. Follett, who was killed in a collision with an automobile belonging to L. J. Hayes and driven by W. D. Brown, on Third Street in the city of San Bernardino at about 6 o’clock in the afternoon of December 24, 1928. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of appellants in the sum of $5,000.

Respondents made a. motion for a new trial upon the following grounds: “1. Excessive damages, appearing to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice. 2. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. 3.…