Saunders v. Mullen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Union District Court. Action to recover damages for maliciously causing the levy of an execution on certain goods and chattels of the plaintiff. Trial by jury. Yerdict and judgment for .the plaintiff for $700. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevbrs, J.
1. PUNITIVE damages: excessive: discretion o£ jury: interference of court: facts justifying. I. The petition charged a conspiracy between the officer who made the levy and the defendant, but this charge was abandoned on the trial. Under the allegations of the petition and the evidence, it will be conceded that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the actual damages sustained, and also exemplary damages. The appellant assigns as error that the damages are “ excessive, and must have «been given under the influence of passion or prejudice.”
The plaintiff was the owner of a restaurant which,…
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