F. M. Davis Iron Works Co. v. White
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Campbell
In this action, brought for the recovery of damages for personal injuries, there was a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of thirty thousand dollars. Upon a motion for a new trial, based in part upon the fifth subdivision of section 217 of the code, which declares that a new trial may be granted to the ■ aggrieved party where excessive damages against him appear to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice, the trial court, having found that the damages as awarded by the jury were excessive thereunder, said to the plaintiff that a new trial would be granted upon defendant’s…
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