Prentiss v. Shaw
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions. The writ was dated June 15, 1867, and contained a declaration in Trespass, substantially alleging that, Elisha W. Shaw, (a deputy sheriff,) Putnam Wilson, Jr., Oliver B. Rowe, Hollis J. Rowe and Daniel Dudley, on the 15th April, 1865, at .Newport, with force and arms, assaulted, beat and bruised the plaintiff, thereby permanently injuring his hip and back, violently forcing him into and locking him in a room in the Shaw House, subjecting him to remain there…
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On Exceptions. The writ was dated June 15, 1867, and contained a declaration in Trespass, substantially alleging that, Elisha W. Shaw, (a deputy sheriff,) Putnam Wilson, Jr., Oliver B. Rowe, Hollis J. Rowe and Daniel Dudley, on the 15th April, 1865, at .Newport, with force and arms, assaulted, beat and bruised the plaintiff, thereby permanently injuring his hip and back, violently forcing him into and locking him in a room in the Shaw House, subjecting him to remain there five hours, violently taking from thence into a carriage and carrying him against his will to the town-house in Newport.…
1Opinion of the CourtKent, J.
—The case, as presented to the jury under the rulings was, in substance and effect, one where a default had been entered and an inquisition of damages had been allowed before a jury. The jury had no discretion allowed to them, except as to the amount of damages, to be inserted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The main question is whether the directions given by the Judge to the jury to govern them in the assessment of damages were correct.
The plaintiff claimed damages for several distinct matters, and asked that the jury should found their verdict on these principles, viz. : —
1. The actual…
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