Dunbar v. Cowger
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. Wm. L. Moose, Judge. STATEMENT BV THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellant against appellee in the Yell circuit court, for the Dardanelle district, for the recovery of $3,000 damages for personal injuries inflicted upon appellant by appellee. There is no complaint of any error in the admission or rejection of testimony, nor were there any objections made or exceptions saved to the instructions of the court.
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Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Dardanelle District. Wm. L. Moose, Judge. STATEMENT BV THE COURT. This suit was brought by appellant against appellee in the Yell circuit court, for the Dardanelle district, for the recovery of $3,000 damages for personal injuries inflicted upon appellant by appellee. There is no complaint of any error in the admission or rejection of testimony, nor were there any objections made or exceptions saved to the instructions of the court. A new trial was asked simply on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence. The court refused to grant…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The jury found by their verdict for the plaintiff that the defendant had made a wrongful and unlawful assault upon, and had beaten, the plaintiff, which there was ample testimony to support. But they assessed only one dollar damages, while the evidence is unquestioned that the damages suffered by the plaintiff by reason of his injury amounted to a very much larger sum. To suffer such a verdict as to the damages to stand would be a travesty upon justice. It is evident that the motion for a new trial in the circuit court ought to have been granted. For…
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