Brown v. Union Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby W. Ramey, Judge. The verdict of the jury was excessively small, when, under the law and all the evidence in the case, the appellant was entitled to recover substantial damages. It is calculated to shock the understanding, and to impress upon the mind the conviction that it was the result of the prejudice and passion of the jury. Dickson v. Railroad, 104 Mo. 491; Beck v. Railroad, 102 Mo. 544; Michigan City v. Boekling, Am.
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Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby W. Ramey, Judge. The verdict of the jury was excessively small, when, under the law and all the evidence in the case, the appellant was entitled to recover substantial damages. It is calculated to shock the understanding, and to impress upon the mind the conviction that it was the result of the prejudice and passion of the jury. Dickson v. Railroad, 104 Mo. 491; Beck v. Railroad, 102 Mo. 544; Michigan City v. Boekling, Am. R. R. and Corp. Rep. (annotated); 1 Lewis, p. 446, and other cases cited therein; 122 Ind. 39; Bath v. Railroad, 39 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
This is an action for personal injury received by plaintiff as the result of defendant’s street electric car colliding with a wagon, in which plaintiff had been invited to ride by his son, the owner of the wagon, and who drove the team harnessed thereto. There was a plea of contributory negligence. The verdict of the jury was for plaintiff, and assessed his damages at the sum of $1. He was dissatisfied with this meager allowance, and on account thereof was moved to ask for a new trial. It was refused him by the circuit court, and he comes here for a reversal of the judgment; complaining that…
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