Lott v. Krakauer

This is an appeal from an order of the special term disapproving of the clerk’s taxation of costs and directing him to re-adjust the same in accordance with said order. The action, which is in trover for the conversion of a piano, was first tried February 27,1877, and the jury rendered a verdict of $300 for the plaintiff. Defendant’s counsel moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was excessive, as well as against the evidence. The trial judge, after argument, ordered that a new trial be granted, unless the plaintiff stipulated to reduce the verdict to $200, in which case the…