Thompson v. Cunningham

This is an action to recover damages for certain grain which the plaintiff claims was willfully destroyed by the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding damages in the sum of $250. A statement of the case was settled, embracing three specifications of error, which may be summarized as follows: First, that there was no evidence showing that the grain destroyed was of any value, and the evidence showed that the grain was of no value; second, that the damages were excessive, and appeared to have been awarded by the jury under the influence of passion and prejudice, in this:…