Lewis v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The facts in this case were as follows : Plaintiff in error, the plaintiff below, brought suit against the defendants to recover damages for libel. • At the December (1887) term and on April 9, 1888, a jury returned a verdict in his favor, assessing the damages at $10,000. On April 16, 1888, the defendants filed a motion for a new trial on the ground that the damages were excessive.
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ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The facts in this case were as follows : Plaintiff in error, the plaintiff below, brought suit against the defendants to recover damages for libel. • At the December (1887) term and on April 9, 1888, a jury returned a verdict in his favor, assessing the damages at $10,000. On April 16, 1888, the defendants filed a motion for a new trial on the ground that the damages were excessive. After the entry of this motion the following appears of record : “ Edward H. Lewis Geo. O. Wilson et al. ) “ After the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
This is a most extraordinary case. Nearly two years after a judgment has been formally entered, and after the plaintiff has received payment and acknowledged full satisfaction, he comes in and moves the court to enter, a new judgment in double the amount, and on the denial of such motion brings the matter here on error. His contention is that, under the practice in Florida, the court had no power to grant a new trial upon a motion made more than four days after a verdict; that-the recital-of all that the court said from the bench, as to the amount of 'damages, and its purpose to grant a new…
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