Meinberg v. Jordan
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco granting a new trial. Franklin A. Griffin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, P. J.
In this action the plaintiff recovered a judgment upon the verdict of a jury against the defendants in the sum of $750, as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon the plaintiff as the result of an assault and battery committed upon him by the defendant Catherine E. Jordan, wife of the defendant F. J. Jordan. The appeal is from an order granting the defendants ’ motion for a new trial upon “the sole ground that the damages awarded to the plaintiff . . . are excessive.”
It is the well-settled rule that an order granting a new trial will not be disturbed upon appeal save…
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