McPhillips v. Durkin

This is an action of assumpsit brought originally in a district court to recover the sum of two hundred fourteen and eighty-three hundredths ($214.83) dollars as a balance alleged to be.due the plaintiff for the construction of a house by him for the defendant. A jury trial was claimed and had in the Superior Court, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of ten ($10) dollars. The plaintiff thereupon filed a motion for a new trial, on the ground that the damages awarded were grossly inadequate, which motion was denied. To this decision an exception was taken, and the…