Pierce v. Millay

This case has been in this court once before—Pierce v. Millay, 44 Ill. 189.

The right of recovery was then recognized, and the judgment was reversed, on the ground alone that the damages were excessive.

Another trial has been had, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff for $1,000 dollars damages—the former verdict having been for $4,000.

The evidence upon the last trial does not appear to have been essentially different from what it was on the former one, and we can not say that it does not justify a verdict for the plaintiff; and the damages now recovered are reduced so largely in amount…