KING & USF & G. CO. v. Kelly

A jury in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County rendered a verdict in favor of appellee in the amount of $9,000. The appellant and the surety on his bond appealed and the appellee cross-appealed, there being three separate assignments of error.

The bonding company says it should have been given a peremptory instruction.

The appellant King complains that the venue should have been changed.

The appellee asserts that the verdict was totally inadequate and that he should have been granted a new trial on the question of damages alone.

The facts as shown by the proof for plaintiff were that on the…