Kennedy v. Glen Alum Coal Co.

Williams, Judge:

Plaintiff, an infant under the age of fourteen years, was employed as trapper in defendant’s coal mine, and received an injury, for which he sued and recovered a judgment for two hundred dollars. He moved' to set the verdict aside on the ground that it was wholly inadequate, and the court *636overruled his motion, and entered judgment on the verdict, and he obtained this writ of error.

Section 15, of chapter 131, of the Code of West Virginia, (1906), permits a new trial to be granted as well when the damages recovered are too small as when they are excessive. The only question we…