Haight v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil action for slander; brought to the Superior Court, and tried to the jury upon a general denial and a justification, before Beardsley, J. Verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000 damages, and appeal by the defendant on the ground of excessive damages. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The only question of importance in this case is, whether a new trial should be granted on the ground that the damages assessed by the jury are, in legal contemplation, excessive ? The jury at first returned a verdict for the sum of $6,738.37, which the court refused to accept, and returned the jury to a further consideration of the case on the question of damages, telling them that in the opinion of the court their verdict was too large.
They afterwards returned a verdict for the sum of $4,000, which was accepted by the court, and the verdict recorded.
The first verdict clearly shows that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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